64 DEEP-SEA SOUNDING. 



Sourabaya, Java, having steamed the whole distance,. 

 1978 miles, with no help from our canvas except occa- 

 sionally when the wind veered enough to permit the 

 fore-and-aft sails to draw. The actual number of knots 

 steamed was considerably more than 2000, on an ex- 

 penditure of coal of about 150 tons. 



Sourabaya had recently been scourged by the Asiatic 

 cholera, but as there were no cases when we arrived the 

 physicians thought it would be perfectly safe to give 

 the crew liberty. This was particularly desirable, as for 

 months there had been no opportunity to let the men: 

 go on shore. I therefore remained a number of days; 

 at Sourabaya for this purpose, filling up with coal and 

 provisions in the mean time. The Dutch residents were 

 very cordial in their welcome, and made our visit an 

 agreeable one. Our accomplished consular agent, Mr. 

 Silva Rupe, won our hearts by his uniform kindness. 

 The only American man-of-war that had visited Soura- 

 baya within the memory of any white resident was the 

 U. S. S. Iroquois, Captain C. R. P. Rodgers, and this 

 occurred about twenty years before our arrival. We 

 left Sourabaya on the i6th of August, and on the morn- 

 ing of the 1 7th passed through Baly Straits. 



On the 19th, when but three days out, Charles 

 Christiensen, captain of the foretop, died suddenly of 

 what appeared to be genuine Asiatic cholera, and was 

 buried the same day. The ship was at once fumigated 

 and the clothing of the deceased destroyed. Fortun- 

 ately no other cases followed. 



