Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-03-04

jects visible, and under these they crept for th'
night AS they became better acquainted will
their inhospitable home, they managed to exc ou
existence upon sea-dogs, sea-mews and the egg
hidden in rock ck.crevices, drinking what fresh waite
they could find in the cavities of the rocks, which
was but little, and even that supply was stopped
in stormy weather. Out of the remains of thei
boat they built a rough dwelling place, and 81
lived for some six weeks, when one Of them. mys
terously Disappeared his dsconsolate friend coult
only surmise that he had fallen into the sea while
searching for eggs Soon afterwards, the solitary
man lost his only food providing weapon his knife
and was obliged to fashion substitute out Of 1
nail taken from one of the hut boards. Winte
found him without clothes, and
",vhen the mesmeser, Snow,
With his bands sweep,
Put The earth to sleep,'
he was compelled to remain indoors for days to
gether, at the risk of starvation; he escaped thai
by thrusting baited stick throug crevice il
his wooden walls, and SO catching few hungry
sew-mews Eleven months went miserably by
when Flemish timber-ship, commanded by Pick
man, the recoverer of the Armada guns, luckily
grounded near the island. Some of the crew land
3D. and climbing the rock in search Of eggs, caught
sight Of the castaway, but taking him for pirate
hurried back to the ship with the news. The OBJ
ject of their fear followed and made signs for then
to return, which q: last they did. Although they
were taken aback at seeing black, hairy, naked
creature, whose hollow eyes and meagre visage
scarce gave assurance of his being living man
they took him on board, when wind Immediately
rose, that sent their vessel into deep water and en-
abed them to make their way with speed to Lon
don, from whence their providentially found pas
senger soon found his way to the home he hac
despaired of ever seeing again.
Some sixty leagues from Providence Island, neal
the gulf of Nicaragua, are some rocks and sands
known as the Roncadories. Here, in 1888, ter
passengers of shipwrecked vessel landed but
eight of these, having the fear of famine strong up
on them, preferred to try their chances at sea
again-with result not recorded. Of the two
who thought dry death the best, one soon founc
it, and was buried in the sand by his comrade
who thanks to the tameness of the sea-towl wa:
able to keep himself alive there until he was res
cued by passing ship after two years sojourn
About the year l6OO Dutch merchantmen call
ing at Mauritius, then uninhabitod, found &
Frenchman there, stark naked and stark mad, o.
whom we have no further information, save thai
it was supposed he had been there at least cou
pie of years. Crusoeing, like colonizing, does moi
suit our gallant neghbors. St. Pierre tells us how
the philosoper Leguat and his companions became
the first inhabitants of the isle of Rodrigues, where
cocoanut trees were unknown; "but precisely al
the period of their residence there, the sea threw
upon the coast several cocoanuts in state Of ger
mination; as if Providence had designed to pre-
vail upon them, by this useful and agreeable gift
to remain on the island and cultivate it" They
planted the nuts, and remained long enough to SEE
the trees attain height of four feet At the enc
of eighteen months, spite of the entreaties, argu
ments and remonstrances of Leguat, they insisted
upon leaving the island in search of some happie,
spot where female society was attainable thereby
incurring series of msfortunes which few of then
survived St. Pierre characteristically observes
'For my part entertain no doubt that, had they
reposed in Providence the confidence they ought
He would have sent them wives to the ueser
island, as He had sent them the cocoanuts.
In 1909, Captain Lake, commanding H. NJ. S
Recruit, was dismissed the service for leaving Q
seaman, named Jeffrey, on the island-roek Of Som
brero, in the Atlantic archipelago, as punishment
for making free with some spruce-beer intended
for the captains private detection. Nine days the
poor sailor spent, seeking shelter from the torrid
sun, and finding none, and living upon birds eggs
and limpets when he was rescued from his barrer
prison by an American schooner. Long prior tc
this, when St. Helena was unpeopled, Dutch
seaman, condemned to death for some offence com
mitted on the return voyage from the West In
dies, was put ashore there, instead Of being hung
at the yard-arm, the ship putting into the harbol
for the purpose of burying an officer. The Dutch
man, however, was no sooner left to himself thar
he opened the new-made grave, uncofaned his
dead SUPERIOR carried the coffin down to the shore
and, having launched it, jumped into his strange
boat, and by using the lid as rudder, made biz
way across the waves until he overlook his ship,
which, thanks to a calm, he was not long in doing
He was taken On board by the astonished' captain
and received pardon for the pluck he had dis
have voted the Irishman mad who voluntarily
took up his abode on one of the Galapagos Islands
living there for several years in hovel of his OWL
building, exchanging for rum the potatoes and
pumpkins he raised whenever a ship visited the
place. One Of the same group was the scene Of
the Crusoeing experiences of our next subject
They were experiences Of limited duration; but
another day of them would have brought a tragic
ending. Lord a young fellow of seventeen, belong
ing to South Sea whaler, that put in for wood
and water, was despatched with a small party to
search for those necessaries. He somehow got
separated from the rest, and wandered about unit
night surprised him, tired and hungry, in the
mazes of the forest, where he was fain to find 6
grassy bed. AS soon as it was light, Lord was ur
and moving, his first care being to provide himself
with stout stick, in hope it might help him to {
meal. Ere long, he turned it to some account il
disabling large snake, before the reptile ha(
made up his mind how to treat the disturber O
his slumbers; but after that, Lord roamed hou
after hour without discovering any outlet or seeing
anything upon which to wreak his hungry valor
When darkness set in, the unlucky sailor, fearing
to wake snakes again, clambered up tree, ane
there roasted. In dropping from his uncomfort
able lodging next morning, he knocked down {
large owl th;t had taken up its quarters in th'
same tree, and of it he made raw and bette
| breakfast Another day passed, bringing him, q