New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02

ever, some miles from the ocean, and did not see it
until 4 in The afternoon. The faces Ct the blacks
had never formed even the most remote conception,
presented scene which would have been worthy of
some great painters observation. 81
a r. WAS o clear day, not cloud to be seen in the
firInAnient !; but the wind was high, and the dark
bidS pillows were crested with milkwhite foam. II
was from an eninence Of some three hundred feet
that we looked upon them. With their keen black
eyes protruding from their sockets their nostrs dis
tended, their huge mouths wide Open their long mat
ted hair in disorder, their hands held alott, their
bodies halfcrOuching and halfstrugglng to maintain
an erect position the perspiration streaming from
every pore Of their unclothed skins speeches., mo
tionless amazed and terrified the two inland savage
stood paralyzed at what they saw. The boy although
astounded, was not afraid.
Freedoms as was time, would not disturb their
reverie For ten minutes, their eyes were ryeted on
the sea. BY slow degrees, their eountenances ex-
hibted that the original terror was receding from
their hearts and then they breathed hard az men
do after some violent exerton. They then looked az
each other, and at us and, as though reconcheo 20
the miraculous t 2, me aeep insy ad,n
ally grew in loud and meaningless laugh
On the rocky spot on which we were standing, one
Of the blacks pointed to his own knees, and placed
his forefnger on two spots close 70 each Other here
in prayer invariably carried about with me- in the
bush Of Australia pocket magnifyng- glass for the
purpose Of lighting pipe or fire; and, with this
glass carefully examined the spots indicated BY the
blacks. But could see nothing-not the faintest
outline Of an imprint on that piece OF hard stone
Either they tried to deceive us, their powers of
perception were indeed miraculous
! After brief while, we continued cur search. The
lost man had wandered along the perpendicular cliffs,
keeping the ocean,;in sight, We followed his every
step until the sun went down, then halted for the
night and secured our guides, over whom, as usual,
we alternately kept very strict watch. W
During the night, we suffered severely from thirst
and when morning dawned, we were compelled to
leave the track for a while, and search for water.
Providentialy, we were successful. cavity IN one
of the rocks had been filed by The recent rain Out
of this basin, our horse also drank his fill.
may here mention few peculiarities of the CO.
lonial stock.horse. Wherever, man can make his
way, so can this quadruped. He becomes, in point
of sure footedness, like mule, and in nimbeness
tending He will walk down ravine as steep as the
roof of house, or up hill that is almost perpen
dicnlar. Through the dense brushwood, he will push
his way with his head ,ust as an elephant does He
takes to the water like Newfoundland dog, and
swims river as matter Of course. To fatigue he
seems insensible, and can do with the smallest
amount of provender. The way in which the old
horse which accompanied me in the expedition am
describing got down and up some OF the places which
lay in track would have astounded every person,
who, like us, had not previously witnessed similar
performances.
We pushed on at speedy pace, and, to my great
joy, the blacks now represented that the Ito me in
ysble) footprints were very fresh, and the missing
man not far ahead of us. Every place where he had
halted sat down, or laid down, or stayed to drink,
was pointed out Presently we came to an opening
in the cliffs which led to the seashore, where we
found beautiful bay of immense length. Here
no longer requiredthe aid of the savages in tracking
on the sand from which the waves had receded few
hours previously were plainly visible the mprints Of
naked feet. The blacks, who had no idea of salt
water laid themselves down on their stomachs for
Of taxi hear v Thp frat
mouthful however, satisfied them and they wondered
as much at the taste of the ocean as they had at the
sight thereof.
After walking several miles, the rising of the tide
and the bluff character Of the coast induced US to
avail ourselves OF the first opening in the cliffs, and
ascend to the high land It was with Undesirable
pain reflected that the approaching waves would
obliterate the footprints then upon the sand, and
that the thread which we had followed up to that
moment would certainly be snapped. .g ,4...
The faculty possessed by the blacks had defied the
wind and the rain the earth and the rocks had been
unable to conceal from the sight of the savage the
precise places where the foot of civilized man had
trod but the ocean, even in his repose, makes all
men acknowledge his might! We wandered along
the cliffs, cooeying from time to time and listening
for responses but none came, even upon the acutey
sensitive of the savages little before sunset
we came to another opening, leading down to bay
and here the track of the lost again found.
He had assembled and pursued his way along the
cliffs. We followed until the light failed, and we
in concert and discharged the fowlng pieces several
times but without effect. .E. -..- ~
1t rained during the night, but ceased before the
day had dawned, and we resumed our journey. After
an hours walk, we came upon another opening, and
descended to the waters edge, which skirted by
sandy beach, and extended as far as the eye could
compass. Here, too could dispense with the aid of
the blacks and followed the track fast as posi-
BILE. Indeed, 1 and my companions frequently ram
MPresently, the lost mans footsteps diverged from
the sandy shore, and took to the high land Wehad
proceeded more than mile and half, when the
black boy, who was mounted on the horse, and fol
lowing close at my heels called, Him! him ~ and
pointing to figure, about seventy yards distant
stretched upon the grass beneath the shade of wild
ig.tree, and near stream of fresh water. l recog
Missed at once the stockman but the question was,
was he living or dead Having commanded the party
to remain where they Stood approached the body
upon tiptoe. The man was not dead, but in a pro-
found slumber, from which would not awake him.
His countenance was pale and haggard, but his
breathing was loud and natural. | beckoned the
party to approach and then placed my fore.nger on
my lips, as signal that they were to keep silence
Within an hour, the man awoke and stared wildly
around him. When he saw us, he was under the i'm
preston that he had not been lost; but that while
Searching for the horse he had felt weary laid down
slept, and had dreamed all that had really happened
to him. Thus there was no sudden shock of unex-
pected good fortune, the effects Of which upon him
at first dreaded.
According to the number of days that we had been
computed that we had walked about one hundred and
thirty-fve miles; but, according to map which
consulted, we were not more than eighty miles dis
tant, in direct line, from the station On way
back it most distressing to observe the emotions
OF the stockman when he Came b. e, remembered me
places where he had rested, eaten, drank or slept
during his hopeless wanderings through the wilds OF
the widest country in the known world. The waffle
trees from which he had stripped the gum, the stream
in which he had bathed, the swamp where he had
discarded his boots the tree which he had carved
his prayer, the spot where he had broken his pipe
that very spot upon which he first felt that he was
lost in the bush-these, and the poignant sufferngs
he had undergone, had so great an effect upon him
that by the time he returned to the station his intel
| ect entirely deserted him. He, however, partly re
covered but, sometimes better, sometimes worse
| in few months it became necessary to have him
| removed to the Government lunatc asylum.
THE Two BROTHERS. = The following beautiful
Arabian legend is copied from the Voice of Jacob
The site occupied by the Temple of Solomon wa
| formerly a cultivated field possessed in common b,
two brothers. They lived together, however, in th,
greatest harmony possible, cultivating the property
| they had inherited from their father
| The harvest season had arrived. The two brother
| bound up their sheayes. made two equal stacks o
| them and LETT them on the field. During the nigh
! the unmarried brother was struck with an eXceen
thought " My brother" said he to himself, has
wife and children to support; is it just that my por
ton of the harvest should be large his =? Upo
this he arose; took from his stack several sheaves
which he added to those Of his brother and this h
did with as much secresy if he had been commit
ting evil action, in order that his offer might no
| be rejected
On the same ninht the ntber hrotber awake an