New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-13
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Doniinca, one OF ihs MafQeesa Islands, vas as
sailed with persuasians. ysfas and respectful pro
tests FROM the honest seasf. who, from enc cause
or aaafher. had become aitached to nae. An a.
tack Of the senrey, however, under witch 4 was
esiIefing. and which rendered il imperative Tor me
10 ava IA land for couple of months. proved
Macfe powerful Id Its demand shan their stories
ia n gauen6, and aa the shove mentioned istane
wSs the nearest spot OF earth. thither Yves bound
H1t, Sir J. demonstrated English Jake, o. one
cf eur best and ahlsst sailors called, z them
ghaps ii Fypees; they'd roast and eat you IN the
Swiakisn9 af The hnnscfs. I've bin among en-,
- may never go alnft If HAY hit seen en- make
febsoonse as human helms. an devolr em lsst ~
would salt Junk. There aiut white llan Qli me
island, an II there was they'd knoH tie tsste VI
Linn afofe Soon
canfess that through gust snch stories as this,
hAG iHbibed suiaeIaing 81 liioraid loneliness for
tne horrible; aud lhays ne dosaht tfias my eonai-
Scn ff laitsi resenshled somewhat that Of the
rxEua girl aha usae warned OF the folly Of sin.
wished to experience the folly Of il hsrseifs The
s emseavors of Jake therefore, were unaysing, al
Ssgssgh 8ae ef his irsssmates, Harry U - backed
&feR do sith The trtiuwiug relation
Yeu mast knpw, air, that in lS40 visited these
ssre islands IN a Nantucket wiialer. VS. knew that
MEz nj no use fog Us TO expect TO git much fresh
EeUvissnns there; but our shipper thought tue men
woud be ready tor another SIX months crutse it he
eauid give them . run on shore for . dag o. two.
He wpaid, ut Leave the whaling ground, where for
seven months we had been il the middle of schools
a. eighty and ninety barrel sperm whales. SO, as
&c MarYnesas was The highest and could h6 reach
s 81 In less THAI week, be stood IA for Dominica
HxE we'd heard that the natives man eaters,
Sat tho captain thought them yares weren't true,
asd il they was thai he'd rather run . risk than
fsse whole season BE- goin farther q ieeward.
Wei. SIR we arrived aud anchored in Hannata-
tapga. one Of the hest bays in the island. Soon
&at hands forgot the stories about the cannihals,
Me- with merry hearts-that, you know, always
fAslyngs 70 sgaor-we went ashore. We had lots
" terbacker aud calico, to trade scr coooanuts.
Nauanas and other fruit and could have filled a
noat with what We got IN the barter. shipmate
e mine proposed % me 70 60 back IN the island
NttEe. and as had brought d little toddy aud
Esd used X. we both felt like hayint an adventure.
#e seon found an opportunity of st5alin away
From unr canp aHicns. who we're dancin' and goin'
On with some cf the natives on the beach, and
aaak line as atraigtt Is mainstay into the
latAFiuT.
n Eli. Ill, We disobeye1 orders. for tie captain
e1i to keep within sight AMI hail, long ii we
3 were anshere aud To come of "a soon as the res
saFn signal was set. But, once on cur way. We
Gealdnt turn back, so Ws kept and continued
drSnking- Weaet mum her OF the talked sssvages
tut they didntt interfere @th us,so didn't stop
Sur thena. At last We sat dawn under the vide
hsaaches Of breadfruH tree, and began to talk
ever old times and former voyages, until we
EUslad aver aud both fell -fast asleep.
IreGkon We had slept 1--WE or six hours when
s0liSed up. shaok my shpnate and proposed that
we should put back to the ship. We started in
earnest. Tor there had suddenly met our ears the
aaest internal yelling that had ever heard. The
noise seemed to come from every side, and to sp.
preach rs as we hurried forward, ana TO echo
through every part u the valley. Neither Of as
&ald u word, but by motions and looks each en-
aplsEaged the other to greater speed, for we both
eel knew that the aTpents were aroused and do
~ scratching that they uad mt onghter.
Az last We drew near the shore, where, from
achind n tree. We Looked out upon the devils wbo
NeTe gathered an the beach. They were yeliii1',
akcltin' and dancin IS If they had been bitten by
mathematics and were rgin TO shake of tho effects.
Beyond Them just hau1' alongside Of our ship. VIC
SAW cur fenr boats, from which our shipInates |
leaped into the fore and main chains like parcel
af heightened children. " q understood the whole
sAiag ut they had been attacked BIZ the say
sges snd had managed to escape. You can ina
gtne our feciinss. sir, when We saw that we were
fsEs on the istand alone. As the attention Of tho
sole trihs OF devils was bent on tho retEeatng
men, Ne cIept stealthily along behnd the trees
SANDY shore, passing within two hundred feet OF
ske eannibals, and gained path thar assembled one
side of the rocky cliffs that smut In the bay from
1rs ocean and ran far cut into it.
we passed on ard up until. at an elevation of
ssAput d hundred and fifty feet, the eyes of the
garages fell upon u.s. A wilder shout than any that
m Aad heard before came up TO Us from the hum
Tired throats that thirsted for human blood. A
of the hrutea At enee set cut to overhaul ny,
xAila Others AIRED random shots from guns obtained
doubs. frall former victims. lhes did mt hit
ifawever, and we hurried on, determined to jump
4nto The breakers that were dashing over the rocks
aisd washing the cliffs far up above the level of the
aea, rather than be taken and roasted alive by our
3ErsueTs.
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