The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-05-21
Tne HleHER Walks OF DrLoMAcY.-At

The liIGHER WALKS OF DIPLOMACY At
last adyIces from Mr.. Trescot he had been chasing
Peruvian President through the almost inaccessible
gorges OF the Andes, armed with no better weapon
for bringing him down than jug handle truce pro-
vded by the Chllan authorities This Is one of The
most dnicut and delicate duties that deyOyes Our
south American representative \ South American
President Is a Shy and wary animal, whose natural
habitat is In OF the widest and the
way hooks Of his extensive domains. lie has geuer-
ally been shot at often that 1t Is very dicul FOL
the hunter with the most pacific intentions, tO
get within hundred miles OF him By the eau
tious stalking An old specimen of this genus 10 say
nothing Of foreign wars, has generally two or three
domestic revolutions on hand time, the ten
dcncy Of which Is TO increase Its tmd and fugacuus
nature; aud the experience OF Mr.. TrescUt seems Il
prove that 1t is not to bs caught with chan.
The habits Of this strange creature have III
fact never been sufficiently written up,
doubtless on account of the dhcuty thai
naturasts, IN common with American ENJOYS, hnd
IN observing It, II generally Of predatory nature,
descending from Its rocky covert when Ia want oi
provisions peculiar fruit which grows IN those
cmes known AS " forced loans, - To be gathered In
and about scattered villages and largely raised By such
foreigners rs unlnckiy happen 10 be living beyond
the range Of their national gun boats 1t Is observed
rs a curious fact that when Of them tastes an
'loAns - 10 attain which to be the object OF
Its Otherwise pufpOseess existence, 1t becomes
mlgratOry-nigratng generally In the direction Of
Paris, where numbers OF them have been observed
gregarOus on the BOulse, Well IN unsayory
localities iul treatise Is greatly to he desired Ia
tue Interests both of science aud Of SOnth American
diplomacy, but 1t win require Now Humboldt Ia
write 1t. The tolls and dangers of the chainOis
hunter Ia the Alps have often been dwelt upon; hui
what they compared TO the hunting OF the Shark
beg pardon, mean the South American PTesI-
dent, wares his habits and retreats with his
close cOngener, the condor, or king ynure Of thost
parts. Nay more, It's To be remembered that II Is
diplomatic and plenipOteniial neck which has to be
risked on rope bridges "carried ON the backs o
" men dreadful raynes and roaring torrents,
scaling dizzy peaks and sliding down into unfathOm
able valleys, and not that Of beg
garly swiss whose chief function is 10 rOl
tourists IN the travelling II is fortunate tha
Mr. gTesCOt Is experienced South American diplo
matist, strong IN the thighs, well-winded, and nO
subject to giddiness Al high elevations, otherwise
should not have been likely 10 know that Ia tho
Of lonterO, Ia his opinion, 1.-The shark II BOuium
| ''you see Mr. Walka Blaine needs 10 bs cliInbe
as we'll TO come up with his senior diplomat and
there Is much more Of this work to he done II Nigh
he we'll 10 take him out OF the mission and substitute
| Mr. Whymper, the head Ot the Appalachian Ciu
| In his place. sr. Orpheus G. Herr says his father al
ways told him that when he could not get fenC
by high jumping there was nothing for 1t like diplo
| macy, Sir. TTescOt's recent experience seemed
exact from him both Of these valuable qualities,
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