The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-03-26

s i@saEs4 fffl-95 SO s=ts---s't go 80 --i -
& "'Phey see wonders, those who go down
upon thelsea in big ship, ''said rssRemark-
able -s.. E,rF z+.4y
s'Aye, Nam, and for The matter of'that,
Hose who go in bfigszand scEiooners, TOO 2
quoth Ben Pump, -4-tt.a. a,,.,s -.
| Ii has often and most truly been said, that
truth is strager than fiction, and many who
have travelled far and wide have found this
so truly VERIFIED. as to fear 10 relate many
things they have seen, and thus many aihrl-
| ling incident and tale have been lost TO the
world. AsI -ea-ss@N
have somewhere met with an anecdote
of Mungo Park Illustrative Of this. In pri-
vaie conversation among his friends, he often
trelated his adventures in Africa; he was
asked why these incidents which he was re,
Hating had never appeared in his published
works. Said he, "wriie for The public his
| toric work, and lam bound not lone to make
it true butJnake il seem so. : We're Ito in
IseFt in my works whatl have now related to
you. doubt would klve been thrown upon all
Elhaye written" Sill 81 aao 4s.ti s.sa H.F
| Q But that has nothing TO do with my
story. ataaf - Z iitu fg.aw .Da8.Ia5Jists, sA
i In 1871 haddhe fortune good or bad TO
be .ofuispg upon the coast OF Africa. Those
i who have been there, know whata 'whne
lsquall' is, and those who have not,I would
not advise TO take the trouble of going so fat
to- sees fprlin my priyatecoPinion as;it would
not payE, ,...t -. ~ fse,qa eit ssst ssfs,
j 1t will BE- sufficient for my present purpose
10 say that white squall is so violent as io
defy all Struggling against it, and3ihe only
thing which can be done, is 10 getsbefore ii
and 'scud' under very little or no sail.
sOne morning about two bells in the MID
watch, just as adquietly turned in aTtei
smoking my.cigar and putting on myss'nigh
cap" and carefully styling The strings . i wa:
suddenly aroused by the shrill pipe of the
4 boaisman calling ali handsao shorten sal, ano
upon coming on deck found we were. getting
a "snorter," as Jack says. About a mile o.
two tothe .wiudward was 10 be seen approach
Il ing at "a speed which would have dishnceC
''Eashioni So best time, dense hank of nazt
through which the eye could no, penesraie
In moment il was upon US, but our galan
ship was ready, and flew away before 'itthrow
ing sheets of spray overher- bows, while tht
rain was falling in such torrents that the wa
ter wasstandug severafinches deep upon he
deck. slt4was scene Of grandeur and beau
i iy, but in the midst of it came The cry of maj
overboarG.''a q 81 s1aYrts - noi5'leCs Sal
Il Now, r2aA lines this ancident is fear
! fuloney asthe ships boats have TO be so Sc
secured as TO require some minutes TO clea
Il them away, but in this case she shiptun deaf
u before the hurricance, at eleven or twelv'
/. knots an Iheus, and the rain falling so heav
as to render it impossible TO see an object a
I the distance of ships length, the poor, fel
klows's chance ofrescnea seemed absolutel
nothing. bss8 g7s7sls pfsFa9' aiiiff isH' g'p
As soon as the cry was heard, the life buo
!. at which man is stationed night and day
e was away, and as it fell some one cried on
: he has caught by the s'grab rope,n which j
a khottedrope towing astern for the pnrpos
. of being caught at in case of a casualty {
The kind; and in smooth water a man ca
easily bold on ill a boat is lowered, or b
can be drawn on board the ship by means {
rope. But in this poor fellows case he ha
fallen overheard with his jacket aud trowsel