The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-27
NUMBER 5.

narrow, and its promontories are cores
pondingly sharp and slender. reaching
out into the ocean like fingers.
The body of the island indeed reseu,-
bles that of some huge monster of the an
tediluvian world, even as its canes and
headlands reSembl such MONSTERS nm
slightly limbs aud claws.
A more terrific solitude than this isle of
Desolation does not exist upon our wreck.
ed planet.
Neither the SHOWS of Himalaya nor the
sands Of Sahara can outvie its terrors.
No inhatitant is there, not even a savare
no house, no tree, no shrub, no fence nor
road, no field nor garden, no horse, no doc
not even snake or wolf
Lone, blasted and barren, it looks like
the skeleton of land that has persisted.
1t may indeed be that Desolation is the
relic-the surviving fragment-of con
tlnent that went down here countless ages
ago, with hosts of inhabitants, "a some
vast CONFUSION Of nature.
1t has certainly Undergone dreadful Wis
itations; been rent by earthquakes. pul-
verlsed by frosts, dashed and wasted bv
fierce tempests.
It's mountains are only of moderate
height, but are capped eteraallv with
snow.
"Its vegetation is limited to few dwarfisb
plants, including some MOSES, a species Of
lichen, coarse grass, plant resembling q
small cabbage, ana a sort OF cress.
Its winds are raw and piercing. it's sum.
mers cold and frosty, its winters those Of the
Polar Circles
The interior of the island is occupied bv
Immense DOGGY swamps, where the ground
sinks at every step.
The rains in Desolation are almost inces-
SAINT, in their season, and the island is accod-
ingly veined with numerous torrentsof fresh
water, some of which have worn out Of tina
solid rock tremendous cavities and gullies.
The only other season than that Of the raina
| is one of aim Ost constant snow
! The fogs of that CHASTITY region are well
worthy OF the rains, being of cloud-like
density land lowering almost continually over.
the whole face of The island.
The sun of Desolation is usually hidden by
a canopy of lead colored clouds, and appears
on the rare occasions when 1t is visible. scarce
ly brighter than the moon in other laLitudes.
AS to the moon itself, and the stars, the
clouds aud fogs rarely permit them to batray
their existence.
No fish worthy of note, not even fishes of
prey abound IN the adjacent waters, by rea-
son, perhaps, of their containing poisonous
l.,
canic fires beneath them.
Yet the dark grim sea inclosing Dissolution
has done something to repair the sterility Of
the island.
Penguins, ducks gulls, cormorants and
OF her marine birds are plentiful in some of
its harbors. "a
Seals also abound.
Strange and terrible land
Not a single human being, so far as is
known, has ever lived there, save as is now
to be recorded in these pages.
Near the middle of q dulI'dismaI afternoon
some eleven weeks later than the date Of The
preceding events, the good ship Flying
ChSderS drew near to the island of Dssola2
ton, shaping her course towards it's north
ernmost bay, called byCaptain Cook, Christ
mas Hasbor.
fair breeze was blowing from the north.
and the ship was carrying every stitch of her
canvas, including studding-sails.
Her clew-both watches-were busy about
the deck, and her Dassergers--a score in
number-had gathered in groups, mostly
forward, and were gazing with great interest
upon The wild, rugged shores before them,
so far as the fog suspended upon those shores
permitted them to become visible.
The ship had come here for water nearly
all her water casks having been stove or start
ed during squall ten days previously, and
every soul aboard of her having been since
that date upon short allowance.
Upon the quarterback stood Capt. Luke
Pedder, looking unusually happy with Will.
Hawley beside him.
II mean to get our water aboard before
dark, Captain Pedder, and so avoid losing
q night here" said the young executive,
totally unconscious of the plot to leave
him alone on the desolate island, and of the
extraordinary adventures which were before
him. The strange events that happened
there, and indeed the whole of this thrill.
ling story. will be found only in the New
York Ledger, which is now ready and for
sale at all the bookstores and news depots:
Ask for the number dated July Is, and in
story fIom the place where it leaves off
here.