The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-07

forecastle, twas q eort OF foiting arr amonEt
sSme seamen, this whitewater Island, j re-
nembered but never met with a man that
had seen II, every one having had i from ship.
mate last voyage, though a terrible Place it had
been, by all accounts, without ones knowing
exactly where II wa. One craft 81 some kind
had gone to find out treasure that was buried
In IT, and she was never heard Of more ; man
took fancy 10 live ashore In IL, like Robinson
Crwoc, and he went mad while tho reason
there were 10 ''natiyes" was owing 20 tho
dreadful nature Of II, though at the same
time 1t was a. beautiful "a a garden. Tho
right name, however, according TO Jones,
was IncOO. There's no good in bind
ing ones seli'to it, Mr.. Collins lac went
on-"that's tho island the men meant;
only their chart set me wong owing to the
greater size Of it-you had better beat out OF
This at once, and keep up for the eight degrees
channel there"
We were in open sea again, out Of sight Of
land from the mast head steering for som ewhero
about nor h-east, with very light breeze from
"entlv The monsoon quarter, and sometimes n
flying sduAll, sonnet mes no moro than black
pun 81 ram, that LET, 1t hotter than before
he clear deep blue OF the Indian ocean got to n
ick'y heavy sort of dead colour towards noon,
like the bottoms of old bottles. AMI sill wo
we're standing on without signs ui land. when,
almost all NJ once, noticed the water IN the
shadow Of the schooner had a brown coiI, Ike
'lUt ih'l never eNHt w seen UllUtTiOs lultfflt
Oy tn afternoon, IL vas the samc hue 20 tho
very horizon, with q & an scaloard on all SIDES
I bad the dcrp-gca Il 1d-linc hove ut length,
and found 10 sog lings with n hun
itod and fifty ia'hon.; there vas ncith-
er land nor liver, ! knew, fhr hun lrsis
and hundreds Of miles TO the coast Of Arabia /;
rs for cuncni, no tfbl could think Of showed
any and there were now and then patches Of
email glittcting soa-jclle saud sea-lce 10 be
seen amongst stock or two Of weed on tho
soft hcavc Of the water, going the way oi The
breeze. a dozen or ~ Of Portuguese mun-Ol-
war, NJ they call them. hold scto., our bows at
one time li,tlc pink bluibers with their long
shining roots seen hanging down in the clear
Of the surface, and the little blue gauzc sails
with she light through them. ribbed like leaves
Of trees a. they kept before the wind. West
Nood aud I boh hucipd We could feel a queer
sui hur tnell M W. leant Oycr the side, when
a surge came HlOug the bends. Not a single
fish WIS 20 he seen abogt u.s. either, cNcop. the
long black fish that rose ono al or the other
ut n distance, as The wind got lighter Ouo
vhilc Won heard them grnining anil gasping
n th, h II calm. o. IL It were the brolthing Of
the sea C,r AMI " ~ ever. time it sw'll't au-
other ono saw thct in cluster ui black points
tlainst tho bright -ky-line, like ~ ~ my diff
t,rcnt.shlp.d rocks with the foam rouul Them,
or q lot Of long-no q. hol,ing buttsm.up, with
their buck horn. lUr humps ON the hel. A,ior
Jones' he looked sr.yer aud ,..,cr, ~ !, If A
piucn Nc saw HIM 20 below; but after litlo
he came up with an slmnnac in his hand, aud his
n,,,cr hyrd whore the t.ml Of tho next new
noon was given, a. found when took II from
him. for be- seemed not inclined to speak.
"Why, what has that to do vi h the thing!'
| aid we nrc heading fair for the Miniccy
o. stcr, Think"
"Yc.. sir " s,id he; "iron, needed ans thing
20 prove That, he has only 20 look at the sea
at hi season, Imam how !. would turn out
"W,ll, thnts what | cu's understand, Mr..
Jones. sail L. "the water -, ms a, deep US s..
Paul's G, tAciral th,icc over"
"Do you not Know then. sir. why that island
s c,llei-vhnt is III" was tho answer" hut
waii-wait Till Bighti' aud with that Jones
turned round 10 the bulwaIks, lcLnin., his arms
on the vail. In the meantime, Jarub- aud
Umr OF Iho men had drawn buyS 70 OF vat 't,
Nhich We noticed thca testing. A ptunkii
lull Of IL wa handed along h. the qnartcr deck.
lud the taste struck you az once. Uvius to tho
want OF the wellknu.n hr,ny tWans Of real
Iluc-walrr, AMI instead NJ that smack "a. il were
u iron. though D. VIVA as clear ~ 'ysthl. Ev-
~ one hal trial Ci Il bui Jones him elf in
Iced, Bee 'yIr once locked rut.rd till it hIl - :
CURED 20 me 60 pour he tin Of water mo "A
,uss and hold IT, with my hand over " iusle
he hadc 81 the biLnaclH, when | thought
| made out vi dr spc,k- aud rptrks shOolin: Ud
tAisi'ng ~ on, IN II rs IT he wa,er had motion
a. itself then II seemed 10 s.nk 20 the 10 tom,
| a d all was quiet. just then | looked up and
,au,ht ,ncs scared restless sort of lance, ~ i
Nc were uneasy. There was q strange Ute !,
hat maus hrin, I feb, that none could 50
| tito; but owing ~ it plainly was 10 sImeJh.n.
| "a away ", IN The nesrut natter knew IL " q
best to let him alone. IN fact, hi, doing ~ h
iii, showed wrlI enough he meant iif by oar
| selves. Nothing OF earth ever gave ne ~
he notion oi wreck in man, than the kind o
| gaze out Of Jones two eyes, when he'd turn I,
| the light aud look al you, malt keen, hlli shn k
| int,, kra man that both tel himself upOvC wa
| aud vet, somehow ar olhcr you'd got BIN IA let
you. In blessed II didnJ ru.I him mote he.
cIusc b. had been too dc-p'r caoharia ter in li'
deeds beforehand 10 tlru his mind 70 l'Ilo ones
| now, han for Gnyttiug coed In him; bcins enc n
these T. lows thtt wu their way from IN" port
| 20 another IN ships lOTcca5,lcs, ant gc, d,uuk
| a hOry, though, all the time, you'd sty thure
WASN'T one abOurd with them, from the * ppej
10 the chaplain. knew rs mach or la lOwu a
| high some time. So.Le day nc sea the hand ar,
piped round the grating, hats oii, and the pray.
| or book Vi gc1-down goes Jack Jones with d
plash aud a bubble g. hi. nam -ake, oil "Dayy,
ind ,ou hear no NOR, Of him
Well, Just after suniOwn, n the du X me an,
W,stwUcd AMI e the deck to go down 10 sup.
per with the Planter, ~ mid,h pman being IN
charge. There was nothing IN sight, sail ~
lard = nde. d, the queer dark brown tint OF the
hori4t Shove strongly against the sky, a. iii,
hud he II the maho-any Of the cIp'tan b. al
inside rs brass rim; the night was cloudy, with
/, hgt breeze, and though tue otIrs came out,
| expected it TO get pretty dark. AS | went
down the companion, heard nothing but the
light WISH Of the wafer from her bows Al tbs
look-out stepping slowly about bctwixt her
XII ,h, head on tho fucclsile; while II slrucl,
ne the smooth face Of the sea seemed to show
wnnderuliy distH ct into the dusk, the com
pletcr it got, as ii sort Of ligh' rose ~
rom oil il. Down below we felt her steal
ing II aasanily through all, and Tom and
10 SGT lie our = farances on tho main pOin'-
about the Scringapatam, Of course, anil " ici
way she Wa likely to he gone. TON pl me
himself nightly on his cCmmon-sen'e lew
nt thing, nm having by this time got b. X
good deal Of his cheeriulness, he and Mr.. Lei
lo,k almost laughed me over TO his line u
MrlIng,
W. agreed that tn ship must DO Mt present
/ i'iug mp on one side or o,hrr OF the Nal
| IVcs. Of both OF them thought the less w
| had to ,av Ia, her the better. 81 say, though
Exclaimed the Plane, whose face was turie'
] he oTP'oite way TO ours, "a " no idea II WA
| mOonhrt j. " Moonlight - ..sres M
| moon ill morning | SAID. Look ~
| 90 the stern cabin there, then ~ said ROl
ovk, and turned round, see ny into The dOu
/ o the ai,rT.cann, where, % my no small sur
rise, there was bright white III He througl
| the little square s,ern-light, 10 ming on III,
| i'm of the ill, and seemingly II both tn, al
ami tho water b'youd. q tie con,Ouudel, a
| veil a. wondering what Snrlliug could be about
| hurried up the companion, the Platter al,
| WestwOOd hatd at my heels.
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