The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-11

and creepers thrusting aside stout, thorny~ bushes
and by~various detours, taking advantage Of every
slight opening the jungle afforded, which naturally
heightened journey and protracted stay in the
wilderness the evening OF the third day the fret
death in the Wilderness occurred.
HUNGER AND CHRIST
The fourth DAYS march lasted nearly the whole day
though we made but fourteen miles and was threefod
more arduous than that :the preceding day. Not
drop of water discovered during the march, and
the weaker people, labo ding under their loads hunger
and thirst, Jagged behind tho vanguard many miles,
which caused the guard under two of the white
men, much suffering. AS the rear guard ad-
vanced they saouldered the loads of the
weaker men, and endeavored to encourage them
to the march. Some of these
enabled to1reach the camp, where their neces-
stiles we're relieved by medicine and restoratives But
Ave mon srayed from the path which the passing ex-
petition had made, and were never seen alive again.
Scouts sentout to explore the woods found one dead
about mile from road; the others must have
hopeessy wandered on until they also fell down and
died.
| The nth day brought to small village, lately
erected called Uyeriver, the population Of which
sisted OF four men, their wives and little These
people had not grain OF food spare Most Of the
men Of expedition were unable to move for hun
| ger and fatigue. In this dire extremity ordered a
I halt and selected twenty Of the strongest mon to
| proceed to Sum, twenty nine miles northwest from
tho woods in search OF game but the search fruit
| less though one OF my men discovered a lions den
and brought me two young lions which killed and
| skinned
Returning 10 camp nom my frutess hunt was so
struck with the pnched faces OF my poor people that
could have wept heartily could have done without
exciting fear OF fate in their minds but resolved
20 do something relieving pressing needs Of
fierce hunger.
MAKING GRrRL TRUNK
To effect this a sheet iron trunk empted of its
contents and being filed with water, placed the
1 Are then broke open our medical stores and took
| i've pounds OF Scotch oatmeal and three tins Of
revalenta arabca, with which ! made cruel to
feed over go men. Oh, II was a rare sight
to these poor famine stricken people hasten to
that Torquay dress trunk and assist to cook that
huge pot OF Cruel them fan the fire to hcrcer
heat and with their gourds full Of water stand BY to
cool the foamng liquid when il threatened to overflow
and was a still sight watch the pleasure
steal their faces they drank the generous food
The sick receiveda larger portion near
my tent and another tin of oatmeal was opened for
their supper and breakfast But a long time must
eapse before shall have the courage to describe my
feelings during the waited for the return Of
my people from suna with food and fruitess would DO
the attempt describe the anxiety with which list
oncd for the muskstry announcing their success
TIMELY RELIEF.
After forty-eght hoo--' waiting VIC heard tho joyful
sounds, which woke US all into new life and vgor.
The food greedy seized by the hu ngry peo-
pie and anmating the report OF the food pur.
veyors that the soldiers and ALL camorcd DO led
away that afternoon Nowise 10th myself To march
away from this fatal jungle, assented; but more
poor fellows breathed their last before LEFT camp
We camped that night at the base Of rocky hill
overlooking broad plain, which, after the intense
gloom and confined atmosphere Of the jungle, was a
along this plain, ater long march, under fcrvd SUM-
Of twenty miles, reached the district OF suna, in
Urimi
A STRANGE PsoPLR
In Urimi at suna we discovered people remarkable
for their manly beauty, noble proportions an0 naked
ness Neither boy had either cloth or skins
10 cover his nudity; the bearing children only
and fine proportions they were tho most suspicious
people had yet seen 1t required great tact and
patience to induce them part with food for our cloth
and beads They owned no chief but respected the
injunctions Of their elders with whom treated for
permission to pass through their land. The permits
sion was reluctantly given and food begrudgingly
Sold but bore with this silent hostility patiently
and took great that on the part of
the expedition should change this suspicion hatred
Our people out with fatigue that six
more poor fellows died here and the sick list
bered thirty Here also Edward Pocock fell seriously
I'll Of typhoid fever For his sake as well as for the
other sufferers halted in Suna four days; but IL was
evident that the longer stayed their country
the natives regarded with less favor it was in
cumbent on us to move, though much against my in
clination. There many grave reasons why we
should have halted several days longer Edward Po
cock was daily getting worse and the sick list in
creased alarmingy dysentery, diarrhGa chest
diseases, Esore feet tasked my medical knowledge
to tho utmost; but prudence forbade it, The rear
guard and captains of the expedition therefore
compelled to do the work of carriers and every soldier
for the time being into pGgaz or porter
Pocock put into hammock, the sick and weakly
were encouraged TO do their utmost TO with
the expedition 10 suspicious lands where tho
tives less suspicious, where food more album
dant and where cattle Imbued with
this hope, the expedition resumed its march the
clear, open and well cultivated country of Urimi
PococK BREArHEs HIS LAST.
We reached Chiwyu about ten O'Clock, after q
short march, and hero the young Englishman
Edward Pocock breathed his last, to the great
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