The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-12-26
A NEW ROBINSON cRusos.
The Adventures of Felix wahl, Who, Like
Sellsirk, Was Monarch of All He SUR
veyed.


The shin 81 c,a;r of rrho,oostor No
sailed from New York IN Decambar
1882 She Woo oo,or,o,,daa hv Co,,o;,,
Riyes and had n eomnapv ~ twen.v souls
She carried nm assorted cargo and WAS
bound for Naaasal,; .Ia,,an Sha had ar
rived almost az tba. oh;act;vo ,ort xvban
on the lst of NAV. she sty,,clx IN The shoal.
INC shores of ona ~ tba s,,da Jsiands ond
became a total wreck The eanta;r ana
nineteen men took 10 the boats "a make :
larger island Tha twantiatb mo, Eal;x
A. Wahl. n German wos londad ,,aar WHARF
the shin had strnc,y This VINO ~ ,,;s NV,
request, for he saw that the boats were mn.
seaworthy and he did not bal;ava h;a shin.
mates would reach the other island
Finding himself alone he yas comnelled
to exert his wits to contrive wavs for ana.
tanning life. To the ciyilizad man oecus.
| toned only 10 the habits Of the life Of the
present day. his s;,uation was axykxvard in
1 the extreme. He Ind saved nothing ex-
cent the clothing nnon his narso, and had
not even BROUGHT drv matches ashore with
him, owing to the splashinc and duckinc he
received in getting from the boat to d,y
land. With flints and old dry ,aos which
he found, he succeeded in striking some
sparks and getting a fire kindled which
when IL had once cot TO burning he was
careful never again 10 let eo entirely ont
40 long ma he remained mon the island
There was wood to be nicked mn along IN,
shore and some small trees and bnshes GREW
upon the island 90 that he had NO syeat
trouble in Getting a supnlv Of fuel
as 20 shelter he fonnd this alraadv nro.
yided for him and there were son,a sheds
used by the fishermen who make ne,iod;caI
visits IN the nlace for the ,,ur,,osa ~ ootcb.
inc and ourino fisb Tbese sst ,vsre n
species Of macl,erel which tbev cpre Inv
splitting them. as il cnstomarv with yonl,ea
fishermen. and then lawn, them mon tho
dry ground to cure In addition to the
mackerel is a kind of shark. which ia very
fat and ia taken and melted down for the
oil. the bones being saved and mazda nm
article of traffic and used in monufactpra
The large iron kettles nse in this business
were sitting in their nosit;ons inst os left NJ
tho and Of tha nrev;ons 8sh;na .easo,, ona
bv uniting aome sea water in one of them
md driving il out again bv means of fre
Mr. Wabl secnred n annn,v 90 salt ua
fopnd nlentv of GOOD ovsters NJ low t;da
and in basins among the rocks many 6sh
were left in n condition 10 he easilv take,
There was thus no DANCER of absolute star.
walton. Being TINS thrown into this utter
.o,itude n sneeies of letbarsv or to,por
seemed to seize upon the steward. which
almost bereft him Of the use Of his faculties
for some EIGHT or ten DAVIS. but IL gradually
wore away and he found himself again
nossesaed of his normal mental activity and
nhye;cal vigor TIo aoon fonnd that for
him the sunreme virtue was natience since
10 attempt to escape by any effort of his
own making was oute ont Of the fashion.
al. ,,..a he ro.o,,o wa.
,s,,s -. - H. .,,a yo,,,,,o Win
were In the habit of visiting the island
would certainly return. At least he had
tho hest Of reasons for expectinp them to do
On since thew had left property there and
the Mace afforded them profit He soon
became tired of his fish diet and looked
about for some means of VARYING IL. The
av4a In,