Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-13


loss { r a substitute. AS soon as they
.und themselves in the boat they tore
I'D the seats and footbOards, and began to
paddle the boat as though she were a
canoe, while l was left to sir gle cut with
my rifles the most prominent and bold
est Of the enemy.
THE ELEPHANT RIFLES WORK.
Twice in succession succeeded in
dropping men determined on launching
the canoes, and seeing the sub chief who
had commanded the party that took the
drum, took deliberate aim with my ell
ephant rife at him. The bullet, as Rave
since bsen told, killed the chief and his
wife al infant, who happened to stand
q few PAGES behind him, and the extra
ordinary result had M m)re effect on the
superstitious minds of th7 natives than
all previous or Subsequent shots.
EXPLOSIVE BALLS.
Ga getting out OF the cove we saw two
canoes loaded with men coming out in
pursuit from another small cove. l per-
mitted them to come within one hum
dred yards Of u4, and this time [ used
the elephant rife with expl lsive balls.
Four shots killed five men and sank the
canoe.
"Go AND DIE IN THE NIYANZA."
This decisive affair dishesrtened the
enemy, and we were left to pursue our
way unmolested, not, however, without
hearing ringing voice shouting out to
usi "Go and die in the Njyanzal"
COUNTING LOSSES.
When the savages counted their losses
they found fourteen dead and eight
wounded with buckshot, which con-
slider to be very dear payment for the
robb ,ry of eight ash osrs and drum,
though barely equivalent, in our estima
tiop, to ths intended massacre Of our
selves.
CUT ON THE LAKE.
Favored by slight breeze from the
land, we boisted our sail, and, by night,
were eight miles south of Bumbireb, A
little after dusk the breezs died, and we
continued our course ! adding. All
night 1 kept the men hard at Wolk,
making, however, but little pr gress
through the water. At sunrise we were
about twenty miles southeast o: Bum
birch, and by noon were about twenty.
five miles off At this time We had a
strong bresze from the northwest, and
we sped before it at the rate OF five
knots an hour. At sunrise we We're
about twelve miles northeast Of Sousa or
Gosua island, and if the breeze continued
favorable we hoped to be- able to make a
haven some time before midnight. B 1t
the breeze, about eight o'clock in the
evening, rose to fierce gale, and, owing
to the loss of our oars, we cOnli not keep
the boat before the wind.
rrrTu culIsNF-DEAnu oN ryzpv uANn
AS we were swept by the island We
made frantic efforts to get to leeward,
but it was to no purpose; we therefore
resigned ourselves to the wind and
waves, the furious rain and the horror
of the tempest. Most Of your readers,
no doubt, have experienced a gale OF
wind at a; few, however, can have
witnessed 1t in small boat. But our
situation was even more dangerous than
the latter. We had rocks aud unknown
islands in our neighborhood, and few
miles further mainland peopled by
savages, VINO would have no scluole in
pu.ting us all to death or making slaves
of US. If our boat capsizsd the croco-
dies OF the lake would make short work
of us; il we wtrs driven on an uninhab.
tied island, Death by starva,iJ N awaited
us.
SLEEPING LIKE "THE WET SEA Boy
Yet with all these terrors we were so
worn out with hunger, fatigue and snx-
iety, that, excepting the wstchman, We
all fell asleep, though awakened now
and then by his voice calling the men to
bail the boat out.
REFUGE ISLAND.
At daybreak the tempest and high
waves subsidized, and we perceived we
had drifted eight miles westward of
Sosua and to within elk miles Of the
large island of Mysomeh. We had not
a moTsel of food in the boat; / had but
a little ground coffee, and we had tasted
nothing else for forty-eight houIs; yet
the crew, when called upon to resume
their rough paddles, cheerfully re-
sponded, and did their duty manfully.
A gentle breeze set in from the west.
ward, which bore US quickly east of
Sosua, and carried US by two o'clock in
the afternoon to an island which have
distinguished By the name of Refuge
Island.
FOOD, REST, AND THANKS.
On exploring this island we found it
to be about two miles in circumference,
to have been formerly inhabited and
cultivated, and, to our great JOY, we
found an abundance of green bananas,
and of small ripe fruit, resembling
cherries in appearance and size, but hsv-
ing the taste of dates. To add to this
bounty, l succeeded In shooting two
brace of large fat ducks, and when night
closed in on US, in our snug and secure
camp close by strip OF sandy beach,
fo ,of frhf hloooad Id
fervently than we did.
INHosPITABLE SINGERS
We rested q day on Refuge island,
during which time we made amends for
the scarcity we had suffered, then, feel.
iLg on the second day somewhat re-
covered, we set sail for Singo island
We imagined we were near enough to
Usukuma to venture to visit Ito island
situated mile south OF Singo, whose
slopes were verdant with the frondae e
of banana and plantain, but, on at
tempting to land, were met by force
of natives who rudely Iepulsed us with
stones, shot from slings. Our cartridges
being all spoiled by the late rainy
weather, We were unable to do more
than hoist sail and speed away to more
kindly shores.
LAYING IN SUPPLIES.
Two days afterwRrd our boat rounded
the southwestern extremity of Wiro, a
peninsula of Ukerewe, and rode on the
gray waters of Speke Gulf, the distant
short line of Usukuma bounding the
view south about twenty-five miles eff
A strong head wind rising, We turned
into a small biy in Wiro peninsula,
where we purchased meat, potatoes,
mi k, honey, ripe and green bananas,
eggs and poultry; and, while cur boat
w5s at aDcho cooked these delicacies
on board, aud ate with such relish and
appetite as only starving men can prop
erly appreciate, grateful to Providence
and kindly disposed to all men.
HAILsToNEs BIG AS FILBERTs.
At midnight, taking advantage of q
favorable wind, we set sail for Usuku
ma. About three o'clock in the morn
ing We were nearly in mid-gulf, and
here The tickle wind fail US; and then, as
If resolved we should taste to the ut.
mcss all its power, it met US with a
tempest Of hailstones as large as filberts
from the northeast. The fky was
robed in iDky blsckness, not a star was
visible, vivid nghtnings, accompanied
by loud thunder crashes, and waves
which tossed US up and down as though