The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-10-02
The Log Of Noah's Voyage Res.
cued.
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ers of ancient relics. The latter hav,
suddenly come to the front by tn,
discovery of Noah's ark in that part
of the Asiatic plateau still known
as Mt. Ararat. The find was mad,
by party of Russian engineers who
were surveying glacier. An extra.
ordinary spell of hot weather had
melted away great portion of the
Araxes glacier, and they surprised to
see sticking out of the ice what at first
appeared to be the rude facade of al,
ancient dwelling. On close examina.
tion it was found to be composed Of
longitudinal layers of gopher wood.
supported by immense frames, sill il
a remarkable state of preservation
Assistance having been summoned
from Nakhehewan, the work of un
covering the find was commenced un-
der the most extraordinary Difficult
ties, and in 4 weeks time the indefa
tigable explorers had uncovered q
section of what they claimed to b.
Noah's ark, as it bore indisputablt
evidence Of having been used as p
boat. At this point archaeology
could afford to rest at any ordinary
period of the world. and we should
expect the lucky finders to form a
syndicate and open a bazaar for the
sale of relics. But in our day antiq.
uarian industry took another turn.
1t isn't looking for merchandise so
much as for testimony. We must
not forget that the planting of the
Cardiff giant was not so much to
make money as to establish the miss
ing link. The Noah's ark syndicate
are only following the tactics of the
antiquary who recently offered to
sell an original manuscript of the
Mosaic law, signed bs Moses, to the
British museum. They are trying tc
correct the record with facts. With
these principles in view, the reader
must not be surprised to learn by the
latest dispatches from our represen-
tative, Mr.. Benjamin, who is now
going to Persia for nothing, that the
engineer has broken through the
third compartment of the ark, and,
in the true spirit of the age, has dis
covered the original log kept by Noab
and his sons. Startling as this an
nouncement is. it is backed up by the
documents, which must stand for
what they are worth without any
comments of ours. Philology, ethno-
'ogy and arheology must fight it out
for themselves. A newspaper can
only narratc the occurrence. The
document, which is written on the
hide OF what appears to have been an
ichthyosaurus, is in characters that
makes the cuneform Inscriptions look
sick. Translations are hastily done,
and, as we we might expect, betray
the chaldean origin OF the whole
thing.
November IL, 637 B. C.-All got in
to-day. No signs ola shower. fit
don't rain tomorrow l might as well
give up business. The women have
had fight over their rooms, as I ex-
pected. Mrs. Shem is in the bow.
She couldn't stand the smell of the
mastodoos. What airsl
November l7.-Clouding up. The
aquarium tanks in the steerage have
caused me more trouble than any
thing else. Yesterday a unicorn
busted two Of them with his horns.
suspect I've lost six or eight spe-
cies of lizard and posterity will never
forgive me. The crowd continues to
groan at us all day and want to
know where the water is coming to
float this boat. That's a conundrum.
1t is not pleasant to be called an old
crank by the population, Ham has
been sampling my wines. He thinks
I don't know it.
November OBTAINING like I }
1.-the crowds are not so perfectly
dead certain ubout the water. Six
spotted megetharium stampeded to-
day and got over board.]
November l9.-Got off to-day,
Took in gang planks at $50. Rain
coming down violently. Crowd very
riotous on shore. Contractors want
ed their pay. Gave 'em all forty day
paper. Herders who had driven in
the elephant and rhinoscerl were
very abusive. Ham foolishly struck
one Of them with his umbrella. Com
ing down lively now. Looks as if it
would be considerable of a shower af-
ter all. Here hiatus occurs, and it
is the opinion of the translator
that, when he got out of the sight of
land, Noah, who was a heavy drink
er, went below aud stayed there,
leaving the log to Shem.l
November 2O.-Wet weather. Old
man cranky as j: (Translated
bed-bug) Drinks too much for a
navigator. Keeps the best liquor in
the snake department. Had fight
with the Oteogical bureau to-day.
Shem and Japhet struck swore they
wouldn't shovel guano any longer,
rain or no rain. Boat leaks like q
sieve. Had to plug it with Spitz
dogs. Think the gnawers are all
working through.