The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-28
CAPTAIN FRED. BURNABY.
ADVENTURES Or An OFFICER IN TUE
mosAI. MOnAE GusHDs.
ms, rimrL aud Achievements The Dan
x~r .f Ovcr-rraintng.


One of the latest London lions 10 a
certain Captain Fred Burnaby. Of tho
Royal Horae GuardH. who has jusi re-.
turned from Journey TO Central Asia.
He travelled from OronburR to khiva
In mid winter, a feat TO which the tough
cat Hunuinn rouriara were unequal,
Two who attep,pted IL were frozen atifT
m hcrrings aud left dead In tho drifts.
Captain Burnaby had no particular busi-
nesH in khiva, and might oasily have
waited on warmer weather. but tho
rcriIe and har,lpbips of tho Journey
held out n temptation which he was
unable 10 rcaiat. ile dropped In on the
ast ,niHhed Khan muiI'ed In sheep skinH
III 4 one Of the ScythianH Of Tomyria.
and. aa he measures ak feet four in his
.tockinpa. tho effect on the mind of that
winter bound potontatc must have heon
prodigoua Emotions of an anxious
character were likewise excited in tho
precinoiH Or official Russian bureaus by
Ibis spectral and gigantic aprafltion
hovcrinr ueSplicahlo along tho far
Asinn frontier. hint 10 tho lsriiiah
Foreign Office procured Captain Bur.
uaby' n summary recall. nftnr which ha
Apecdily loomcd colossal along Pail
Mall. towering above tho oiled and
curled hssyiian hulla" Of that thor
nughfarn ~ Saul Of Tarsua above his
fellows, and moving with tho stride Of
Mngog
Capt. Burnhhy's winter journey to
khiva. remarkable na IL was, would not
certainly have constituted him metro
rolitan lion H. was only ono among
many spirited and daring adventures Of
travel all Of which put together. how
aver. did not make of him Burton or
4 Burckhardt. n Schwcinfurth or II
Schiagentwcidt III Ia jourpoyinEs.
plucky ~ they were. never meant any
thing except % get from ono place To
another IA hnrriedly aud over Az many
obstacles and through as many difficult
ties as possiblo. But he had bcen n
famoua amateur athlete, and was re-
puted to havo attained his ambitious
PURPOSE Of becoming the strongest man
in the world His arm around the bicops
measured seventeen inches. and seemed
to be wovon of wnipcord llo used 10
knock about Tom Paddock. Nat Lang
ham. Bob Travcrs and the rest Of tho
crack pugilists. "a II they had been the
iummies OF a hoxingroom. The Samson
Of the Alhamhra, whose mighty strength
has long heen tho sport Of the Lon
don Phiiistues. could not stand before
him. He bent down tho arm of that her
culean person M If il had been the arm
" "A virgin OF thrcc lustres. At Alder
shot his plaything was u dumb bell
weighing 1fo pounds. which he held nj
arm 's-leugth, shot straight above mis-
head TO the limit OF his reach, and toyed
with IL ~ III IL had been an orange. One
day horse dealer arrived at the cayal.
ry barracks, having in charge two
ponies which had been purchased foI
Her Majesty. Some Of Capt Burnabyt I
brother officers led them mp stairs To his
rooms, but the obstinate little beasts re-
fused to be led down again. SO the
Captain took one under each arm anC
carried them down like rabbits. IN ad
dition 10 his great strength he had al
sorts Of skill. He coold fence better
than the master-of- farms. and readily
disarmed the greatest swordsman in
Europe. He could run, jump, vault
swim and row faster, further, higher
and moro powerfully than anybody else
All at once his stomach gave out. H.
had trained too fine. He could digest
nothing whatever except Roman
punch. which, as the judiciou>
reader is aware, Ia watery
half-congealed preparation OF sub-acie
flavor, containing about as mucl
nourishmeut as so much snow. ii,
could not live on this, SO he went TO hi:
doctor. His doctor recommended stric
abstinence from dumb bells and othe
athletic apparatus, and exercise ant
immediate travel. He went to Spain
He was already master OF most OF th'