Voyagers.

Remarkable

Father and Daughter on World Cruise.

From Our Own Correspondent.

PAPEETE, April 21.

TIED up opposite the shipbuilding yards at Fareute Point, where every Pa peete schooner finds itself sooner or later, and many of them end their days, there may be seen just now a queer-look ing, black-painted craft, on the stern of which the words, “Evalu”, Barcelona, are barely discernible.

Only about forty feet long, blunt nosed and beamy, her appearance indi cates stability rather than speed, and that she is an eminently seaworthy little vessel is attested to by the fact that her present owner (Professor Blanco) has already travelled several thousands of miles in her without mishap.

The professor, who graduated from Wisconsin University and now holds the Chair of Spanish at the University of Iowa, bought the vessel in Boston, sailed her across to Spain, fitted her up to his taste, renamed her after his nine years-old daughter, and finally left to go voyaging round the world, with no one to keep him company or give him a hand but little Evalu. He had small knowledge of navigation and no experi ence whatever of practical seamanship before he started on the trip, and it speaks volumes for the professors cour age and resourcefulness that he survived many hardships and adventures and eventually came safely into port. Pro fessor Blanco finds Tahiti so much to his liking that he may remain here for some time.