The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-29
MISCELLANEOUS
o.
THE
sAIL0R'SWOolNG
A SEA STONY


For our own part, In the boat, VIC were fully
provisioned ani armed for ell the time VIC co ~
need. not 70 speak Of what tho island its'll ar
S,rded and after watching the schooner s'an W.
beeling of to sea, round the deep end ., ~ w
cruised close sloug, no, for the bcach W. L.. ,bo
u seeking for a cove in the To,As VII 80,
I, 4 could be hauled up out Of slsh', 'I, .,,',
: n the surfa high water ms We 49,,
n y long NJ finding behind some BLOCKS lhn
\ ~ c,,,c III Inc sue, where tho wild
-, trsiler 4 80 above crept al NJ. down 20
m. ssawecd on. after helping them niue
q hide her perf uy, tLe whOl3 i Us scrambled
ashore. Tho first thiug was to ptst lopk-ou.
on the highest poin', the sharp htu. pax n.N,
60 the reefs L., overlooking the sprinE aug wy,
level ground between on tho other $40 OF w
long green valley fDll Ct bush ~ W, .m' ,,,
Sras Tho n ,t.toppri r,.r towards the brow" W."
,or Cor, which / and the Planter WI chi si
Tho scboonor oi'tuius ipr an noun VT - -.
shc rachel tho bluc rci-El'im' an 1871 30.
81 60 .uc,k l'y that TIM, th' n'n
Gu " Ittr' canvas, tent on t''
80 crpo.itc 70 Us over the hollow lnl's
s,;4c,,ly la'p. HuNipu, 10 Keep ClcW "l the
g., ,,bi,b som ioly els, bal picked oul before.
hand In fac tn Nj 'h's' ground wS u. w
IA and il; and ON coming down 'Ml"N-I a.
,hicket TO our quarters, atcr a s'Io'I W ""'
Rollok shot couplco Of r''c-c'l 'tyu par. UT. ',oi
declaring them % hc spl'nhI c''in;' ". ,,' ~.
Jones had Ia 30 soma o''' '"'
"I', Woke up in the ten, p'ihap' an hour
I,f,re M iu'.ht, a. ! inli'i on l''h VIZ
through the ,p,nng 90 'I' sa' W
sbons in ilc duk ny through the nbrth-
cs1 end Of rho valley above th" s'I'
Wbcrc lone, bad ..o.o at tn tim H. Ia
-, IN .uld,ulv caught n GIT Oi h. dNS
T.,,te s.aid.u. a.. rise at the bt"k "i our
n5st ard wen, up to him Jones WIS Ger. am
" strange mixture, Tor here hfl h'
been al uunl ia low sIi' ol IN
Island IN him .,lL ,'' | upl him leaning bUe.
be,JcI on the l..r,. ~ h., mink =, ii cninf
Ike A deer: &c assured m sol .muiy h' though
h. nd balfd voice, 'ur tho last hour Oh the
,th,r side, whgr, Ice lalI't bcct, ani asked m"
N woul go wi.h p ~ to see. Then down
came our lookout loom IA peak rolling through
the bushas like 70 SEA c'W, 10 report hi' hot nN-
ins seen a, y him. aul 20 NY my Iorio' 10
roieye linn NJ 10, 80 .oI-lng up JACOBS, ltcht
,b,,, ho,h tack fps". her Nhilj Jones am l
L,,J tho opn,.i.r 80. ir~ the o'hcr height. The
moment ,,, ,.oi ,oit N rev 8 The same faint
ll.ttcj-oni horizon as we hal hid all astcrn Of
us the might bct,r', the same strange unnatural
psleagss cast oil the face Of the sea.
Eycrythin, W., ilnni Jones drew breath
like one rcllyci. "N,.hins after all, think,
sir :" raid h.; tut To my min there was some
Thin, lou! / .li mp.c awful In tho look Ot
that unaccdun a j. white water bc1rng down
Ike sro- upon n Island, ~ il were with tho
wrinkles aud cdl'cs To he s,cn family in IT here
and there back toward the glaring breadth OF It,
and the floating strcaks ia the sky above. e.
pecialIy when h, told me hs thought II was
1ying 70 millions upon millions of living things
In il, that made the same show there at two
different ~ iso' in the year, for week or 81 at
A tinc-thr appearance Of II getting less as
tinct every H. h' However, | had begun
o. grow uu.asy neait about the In ia
man, ami the schooner too, ~ well ~
doubtful Of III fellow, coming To The ISLAM at
eli on the co trliy, a. ! sail to Jones, II my
slw tn, sch,on. r, and o,l didn't manage
ssI toll hon why ho % n, thi ship and our
selves mi IA. ul..hy set INH uui,tlhS stroke
alo.c,h.r. "IN. mp.c ,hinS oI l., shi !,
''the murr 60 W. ' srr'n, ~ boz "a '.c iu' 'li ol
sb"md +" "Nhy i is NJ G Aims, dont
Lno", IT. ls, 'yi,' t., a. A., .'f ,n ,1a
woods; nul f wasn't aHLr how olr c'im,
lfc'dG uno.hr,, Tor my part shnllrt h'
here al pres ~ sjf. NV, nj ~ lloIt
has tho thou ,ht OF ,hi' place Wei ,h'l on
NO, lest there va, smashing new doing
In il; but what buried lcrc I'm resolved NO
man shall sir up, if can help IT,, sif :" i %
10 after as Ne got up anl went down tn ih'
beach, all ola suilcn--likc thing he couldn't
avoid-JOnes began 10 give M ,'nr snatch 4
of what happ. ned here some years before
which acCOrdin, 10 han, he hid got from
shipmatc OF h., that died; aud ! mus, say 4
made the bloOi creep ia the TO listen to It,
At the beginning Of tn war, hc al th
Land, had b.on nest Uf regular pircs
WHO had t,k, pains to m Ike il, from q m r,
muddy head Ola rect wI.h s0m, cJcuIs upon IT,
probably intn u rc,0 t on occ 'ions--c'pc ally
a. even the v.ll Mhliyt natives TO southwark
lad somehow u dislike to The whole gan
being taken nv s,ma cruiser or other AZ sea
however, too t.r oil to leave any clue TO thci
hatlnra.o here ,uuuls they were all han god
a.. II. I...f - Uhf slH a fFnn IA "a
yeArB Ri,cr "a count ~ Arab craft, bound t'
Dicua up tn GANGS wa, driven in gale upl
Tho reefs same say al, without seeing W
island a. all I'll the sea went down, a.
che was going 20 pieces. There were on
two Iurupl auS un ard both having tu-h'
Ri, s,ulmcn, AMI the youngest OF them WI
mate. There was a passenger, nilTe Inn.
merchant, aud his tcrvan r, with, ~ WAS b
Loved his hl-rm hrlpN in the after CIOlnA 4
nobody ever had s On them bat the Arab ~
OF tue vessel, and several more, being wL'ht
oil when shc rLck, the ohcr Mu.sclm'n to-
20 the only lolt tucy had, and got 'hp'r, La
ing the two In lshmru with tho Inl-,cng,
Next day the two IA II had cpntriyon i raj,
the s,ars, Mhciculol 'hc llnlnl at 'lsi hroV
M his three won ~, v,n.l rom heal TO 20
aud the whole got safe TO the island. lIera
tie Mahonc, ana herdvd together amongst thc
selves, forcing the two Eugshncu to keep
tbs other side Of III, illCd, as they had no Il
arms; while the oil llindoo merchant aud
native servant got tent pitch
The highest point for the women, VIII
tiey were no more seen than before,
Tag hoistcd on stick all the Il
fer a signal to shlps-poor simple devil
jones said with laugh, Every cay l' OIL
the Arab crew moro OF tho gold amt Jewels
had with him, Ia Nuke for ludh AMI l'r' u
brought Off til ut lat some of lhe Ara. e.
round 10 the mate aud his companion, want
them 10 take the bout an 20 iuslctl, n'h'vy