Washington telegraph., 1850-09-25

not successful IN his hrSt attempt; and
when the sun went down, he was once
more left in darkness
On the following day, he again looke ed
out tor the ship, but again without sue.
cess. He therefore redoubled his efforts
to procure fire, and, by dint of persever-
ance, at length produced light smoke
from the wood. He then hastily collected
| some fbers of the cocoa nut, placed them
in contact with the ignited substance
and at last was rewarded by pleasant
| spark, Which at last broke into blaze.
he now got together sufficient quantity
heaped it with branches and dried leaves,
and watched it with interest until the
third morning broke. Tired out with his
exertions, he at length fell asleep, BIZ:
had not slept long before he was awak-
ened by a strange noise, as if some one
was slowly creeping towards him. He
opened his eyes, and looked wistfully into
the obscurity of the dawn. and presently
saw large object stealing across the
sand. He grasped his manchette, and
waited nervously for its nearer approach.
| At length he discovered an enormous
| turtle, come, according to the habits of
| that animal, to lay its eggs in The sand
above high water mark. The turtle
I aiwavs select situation that catches all
4 t,e .ays of the sun; they make a hole in
I the sand, cover up the eggs, and fifty
days afterwards, without fail, their in
stiuct brings them back to disinter them.
At the moment when the laye. of sand
which covers them is removed, the young
turtles break their shells, and follow their
dam to the waters edge; and when they
reach the waves they make themselves
fast to her belly, and are towed out to
sea, to qualify them in time for the feasts
of aldermen
As soon as MIR. Cremasy ascertained
who his early visitor really was, he walk
ed steadily towards her, and, turning her
on her back, kept guard over her till broad
daylight came, when he despatched her.
It was task Of some difficulty to cut
her up; but, when he had succeeded, he
found himself repaid for his trouble The
turtle was in capital condition. He broil
ed the meat, which he thought excellent,
and preserved the fat, which he disposed
of in the shells of the smaller turtle left
Oh the shore, and cut Of the Gbers of the
cocoa.nit he made Wicks, in this manner
constructing very notable sort of lamp,
antique in fashion, and, moreover, highly
useful. To season his turtle, he then pro-
! cured salt from the evaporation of sea-
| water, and converted the shell of his
visitor into cauldron. With these civil
lized means Of cooking. he ceased to en-
| Joy his cocoa-nut milk, and laid in stock
of fresh water-obtained by sinking
we'll in the sand.
1t soon became necessary to wash his
linen, but he could not bring himself to
the resolution of remaining single in
stant entirely naked; he therefore would
only arrange one garment at time,
wearing his trousers until his shirt was
dried, and uice versd. He next burnt
clear space around his hut to keep off the
rats, and fortified himself within a ditch,
we'll fenced against intrusion by sharp
palmetto branches and the stiff leaves of
prickly pear.
In the course of his walk he had seen
a number of pigeons who allowed him
to get tolerably close to them; he there
fore set to work on foot to hunt them
down with long pole, and thus added
very agreeable dish to his repasts, for,
when roasted. they proved exceedingly
tender and succulent. With flesh and
fowl to supply his table, it was not long
before he got third requisite of good
dinner On the south side of the island
was a coral reef, upwa, $ of ten leagues
in length, which the tide, when it went
out, left high and dry. At low water the
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in the hollows where the water remain
ed, and our solitary islander discovered
in this fact new source of pfofta bic
employment. Every day at low water,
he went out to the reef sought for the
reservoirs which contained the greatest
number of fish, and then harpooned them
with his boarding sabre; some OF these he
salted and dried, and the rest were imme-
diately cooked.
But however earnestly M. Cremasy
Iabored to improve his position, one
thought dominated all others-the nope
of finding the means OF escaping rom
MS solitude. When not employed IN
procuring and preparing his iooo' ne
passed his whole time on the lookout Ioi
any vessel that might shape her course
within sight of Providence. Ills eyes
,,,ere ever turned towards that point OF
the compass where his own snip nao us
appeared, and thousand painful apPfet e
tensions disquietted him-the dfeao s o,
its having been wrecked on some Oh s;na' ,ne
sunken rocks of that dangerous archipei-
ago being the most paramount. ramon 81 But .ne ne
was not one to give himself up fof any
,sno,h Of time to inactivity. He knew
the the value of the proverb which tells men me-.
.ss;sr themselves if they look tor the
a;a Of others and, accordingly, ne resoiv- {,
on ai1 u mon constructing beacon wnlcn