Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-05-26

DR.. Kane travcrsed the island from Ma!illa
to It's Pacific coast, and, with his usual au
daclty, explored is fastuesses, bathed in the
forbidden waters of its asphaItic lake, descen-
ded to the very bottom of it's great volcano,
ana perliled his life in a contest with band
OF savaGcs who were incensed by his profana-
ton OF their sacred mysteries His
descent INTO the Tacl was feat which only
one European had attempted before, aud he
without success. Dir. Kane was in company
with Baron l4oe, 4 relative of Prince Meter
nlch: They had an escort of natives. provi-
ded oy the eccleslastics Of the ueighbOring
sanatury OF Casaisay, who pointed out the on
ly pathway to the brink of the crater: The
two gentlemen attempted the descent togeth-
er' but they soon reached projecting ledge,
from which further progress was absolutely
PrecIptous. After searching in vain for some
more practicable route, the baron gave UP the
PROJECT, and united with the rest OF the party
IN efforts to pursuade the doctor to abando..
1t also. But that was out of the question:
1t was his temper to meet difficulty with pro-
Portioned cHdeavor, and to do bis best TO mas
ter it before he yielded The attendants very
reluctantly gathered from the Jungle a parcel
Of banlboos, and fastened them into a rude
but strong rope, by which, under the gui-
dance of the baron, they lowered hin. over
the brink. He touched bottom at n depth of
more than two hundred feet from the platform
he had left, and, detaching himself from the
cord. clambercd slowly downward till he
reached thesmoking lake below, and dipped
his specimen bottles under its surface The
very next thing in order was to get back
again with the trophies of his achievement
This he used to speak Of as the only danger
Gus part of the enterprise The scalding ASH
es gave way under him at every step Of his
return: a change in the air-current stifed
him with sulphurous vapors he fell repeat
edly, and, before he got back to the spot
where bis sope was dangling, his boots were
so charred that one of them went to pieces
his foot. He, however, succeeded in tying
the bamboo round his waist, and was hauled
UP almost lnsensible. When he sank exhaus-
ted in the hands of his assistants, the natives
protested that the Deity of the Taelhad avcn-
ged himself for the sacrilego; but the baron,
who had less faith in the divinity Of birthstone
dashed him with water, and applied restora-
tves brought by a messenger whom he had
despatched to the neighboring hermitage.
The remedies were SO far successful. that he
could be carried to the hating place of the
night before. He had saved his bottles of
""' water, which ne sent nome 10 Dc anai
yzed, and with them some fine specimens Of
porphyritic tufa. But this was not quite the
end of the adventure. As his companion and
himself pursued their journcying, the story
of the profanation to which the Tael had been
subjected went before him. A pigmy mob
gathered angrily around them, their escort
dwindled away or took part with their assail-
ants, and, before they were rescued by some
of the padres, the gentlemen were forced to
entrench themselves in thicket and throw
up dust with their revolvers. Biography
of Kane.