, 1873-07-13
THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY JULY 49, 1873.

se,nbiod q mink. trl,oy llyol ID holos btrrowod
III tho ground near tho roots Of troou. Toy aro
remarkably neot In tholr novomontB, and wl,on-
beooE thomsoivos IL 70 or oea vt S sue Sfoas
rapidIty that several shots wero fired at them be-
foro ono waa killed..
A GIANT srIpEn.
In the foroats, spiders Of gigantic spocie werc
fully, two foot long. It had long md very
strong-lookiug limbs, and would havo weighed
throo or four pounds. III Its bead, which waa
jet black, wero eeyoral eyes, oach surrounded 1 by
onolrclod by bands Of scarlet, yellow, md black.
Altogether tho spider presented very brilliant
appearance, but Is doubtless Of 4 very venomous
nattlre. Tho explorer not being intimately no.
quanted with tho general character Of this Bpi-
dor and itB method Of fighting, did not mako
habita.
Upon tho 1argest island, north Of tho cliffs, tho
explorers wero surprised to find heaps Of stones,
lying In such position a. to resemble ruins Of
somo kind of atrncturoH None Of the ruins wcro
extensive, and tho structures must. therefore,
lavo been Of small dimonsiong. eimiliar rnin",
upon tho small slanl, north Of Ills one. TSn Wpon
tho summit of cliff which Rtands upon tho
eastorn bl,oro Of tho largo islanu tho party
found u large l,cap Of stonos lying in soml-oir-
cnlar form, facing the east.
TIE LENGTH OF THESE nuIN8
WAS nearly 200 feet. In trout Of this aemi-cir-
clio, and about 20 feot from 1t, was a lnrge hoap
Of atonos,. nearly 20 foot square. The ruins
found on tho plain below, and upon tho small
upon the cliff, being only from to 10 foot
sqMare ,
stones aro the ruins of ancient structures, but Of
limited szo prcculcs tho possibility of thoir llny-
ing beon used for dwelling ho,lscs; ut leabt they
could not have been nsod for this purpose by 4
people Of ordinary size. Tho explorers could
these ruins, aud loayo this apparently Interest,"
Ing fold Tor research opon to thoHe bettor vorsed
in the archaeological Bcionce. Having heon do
layed much longer in roaching the lako ttan they
had anticipated, tho party wore able to remain
upon those islands only = few days, and wcro
compelled to relinquah tho intontion which they
had at first entertained Of making IN extensive
exploration Of tlis lake.
sA114 70 THE SOUTHWARK.
They decided, however, IA thoy Woro returning
to tho shore, to snil south Of these islands foW
niloa in order to ascertain whethor or not thoro
wore any other islands in this portion Of the
lake. a large Island WAS diacovored at about 12
miles distance south, which weB something oyor
Is miles from tho shore. This island was con-
sidorab1y larger than any thoy had before found.
1t was covered partly By . Forest and was Of very
much tho aamo character as tho iBlands first mon
toned. Tho party did not stop at this island as
they were anxious to get back to tho shore.
Upon tho northern point Of this ialand ia thick
copse, md as the explorers pissed by it they
fred into 1t. Thoro wore, evidently, animals Of
somo kind in tho copse for q loud crashing noise
was hoard, similar to that mado by soyoral heavy
animals hurrying through dry brushwood.
Tho explorers left their boat upon the bank Of
tho bayou before 1nentioned and returned home
very much grntifed at the sucooss OF their untlor
moro extensive exploration Of tho lake at Bomo
timo during this season, aud hope to add much
moro to their knowledge Of this lake. They are
fully Satisfied that tho lako is more extensive
tonda further south into tho eyorglado swamp,
and is somewhat wider than hitherto believed.
Tho islands found in this lake, although not e1-
tonBive, nro At lehst beautiful and interesting,
provo to be tho koy to tho carly history Of one Of
the loyolioBt portions Of Amorioa.