, 1884-03-22

~ ''''0 ~ ''llu ana 81 plOHIpG Is
that most dangerous and deadly of
all wild animals, the savage, that to
gel into one of the wrong-ie. the
Chaco-chanuel> of the delta Of the
Paranl is to ruu the risk of being
suddenly SaIuted by a crowd of ar,
rows, and of seeing Indians gleefully
preparing for c~on4enial slaughter.
Even TO moor for the night on the
right bank of the river is in some
places dangerous, as the aborigines
may inyi e themselves on board, and
make a brief visit decidedly impress
sive. A voyage, then, to Asuncion,
with safery on The right and danger
OH the left, is unlike other river voy.
ages, and il is further unlike a good
many in Offering Genes of the most
exc 'iSite and varied beauty. 1t
would not b" easy to frd in nara
tives Of travel q more charming pic
tue lhar that which Mr.. Knight gives
of parts of the Parma and OF the
Paraguay, the latter apparently sur
passing the former in gorgeous gran.
deur. Indeed, Paraguay would seem
fIom his description to be an earthly
paradise for those who have a feeling
for beauty and belong to The male
sex. The women in Paraguay are to
tn" mel as nine to one, owing to the
males having been killed III the wars
of Lopez and it will astonsh and
disgust the shrieking sisterhood to
Lean rhat in This land, where The
balance OF PLY steal force is Tor once
in favour of the women, they do not
ass, 1T themselves, bur delight to
minus er and he sub,ervient to the
men. 1t is not wonderful that Mr..
knights two companions found the
charms Of this heavenly country too
much for them. They did, indeed,
90 with him TO Buenos Ayres, but
there hey babe him goodbye, deter
mined to return tO enchanting Para
quay, where, let us hope, they re-
cetvrd all due female idolatry, and
he was LETT to take the Falcon home
as a solitary skipper, without amy
mes,mattS TO keep Linn company Oh
The LONG voyage.
He was not, however, in the least dis
mayed by the drtary prospect, but rettted
his vessel, engaged three GenOeSe sailors,
and with these and the EaSt-coaSt boy,
who left the ship and cam back again, he
put to sea, intending to course up the
shores Of South America, 10 reach the
West Indies and thence to sail home. In
the course Of his voyage he met with much
bad Wta her, and with one very heavy
galr, in which the Falcon was all but poop
ed Oy a tremendous sea, and, finding when
this was over that he would have to stand
some distance to the east and pass near
the uninh4 bited island of Trinidad Is. At
Ian ic,) he determined TO make for 1t and to
land on it if possible. After running great
risk, he broke The blockade which the surf
mINeS on this iron bound coast, and
he thoroughly explored the strange lSlet,
of which he gives a vivid description
which seems like a chapter out OF R06anS0n
CruSOe. After leaving Trinidad he shaped
his course to Bahia aud went from that
place to Georgetown, and thence TO Barba-
does, where, owing t. the illness OF himself
ami his crew, caused, as he thinks by old
timed meats which had got poisonous, he
had to abandon the idea of taking the
Falcon to England. He therefore laid her
up, provided literally for his men, and
came home as d passenger Ill a sailing
ship.
That the cruise which thus ended was a
remarkable one, and that he has described