Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24
CLIMBING A VOLCANO.
One of she Five Active Craters in Costa
Rica Mover Examined by Scientists.


capital of Costa RIGA sits IN fertile nest,
snyronnaad NV n erroun Of sIumbarinr vol
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ashes and sulphur, and shake up lhlhes
generally. Farthuuakes are SO common
nlaoo tb... tl,o, oo(seior M disturbance.
80. ~. ,.to,,d ar,-
loi HVuscs arg O"il' 7' as
amount oil shaking, ana people 4v' "00u
toned TO almost anything. IheY 40 not
regard an earthquake here with half as
much o1,,r,. OIL. ,,-.. dc. "a thunder shower i'm
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Ihe olales' AN" l"1
mention them When they CONE
1t has been SIX years since N9Icah l'
eruption look place ana then no ualha-e
was zone; NY loft. years @-o ,le ne, y 10
boring cry OF 1al8r-o was u1slto ~ ~
an eruption ara lAe Peui5' uieau W NAV e
thal soft OF lh'HS tepeaIeu'
mere are u't ac.INe NoIs"u',.s TIT W. d.
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VISITING VOLCANO.
Not having bad the advantage Of vol
cauc acquaintance, and being ambitious
70 look into the creatures mouth, deter
mined to explore IraZu. and. i'm company
with Mr.. II. Remsan Whitehouse. score
tary of the United States LEGATION i'm
Central America, and a nephew of the
late Bishop Whitehouse, Of Chicago, ]
made the ascent. You cannot go to the
summit Of Irazu in a railway car, and
no one has ever taken the trouble to build
a carriage road. Therefore the journey is
not recommended to ladies, invalids or
timid men, and one such trip will do most
people for "A lifetime We went by rail to
Catargo, the CITY which was once de-
st~Oyed. and there got horses, provisions
and guide. The latter was German,
half farmer half scientist. with knowl-
edge of plants and that sort OF thing, and
one Of the most patient, enduring and
agTeeaoie Of gentlemen ,.-,,
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W.. eoIlrs Storn5p, et tSe chin If ma
I'VE to get corn for our horses and a cup
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TROPICAL FOREST.
This was the last house on the noun
tain. and, leaving it, we went through the
gentleman's pasture and struck into
forest as dense as a
forest can be. There was
good moon, and it lit mp the treetops with
weird and fantastic light. While the
great test0Ons of moss which hung from
the branches and almost Obscured our
way were almost lurid where the ravs Of
moonlight struck them. The trunks and
limos OF the trees were covered with
thick, yellow lichens as fine as hair. The
trees, too, were loaded with orchids-that
rare plant 50 much priced by botanists.
and sought here by collectors from all
over the world.
For some inscrutable reason, but really
for no reason whatever, it is considered
best TO make the climb i'm the night. but
we couldn't 20 any farther when the
moon went down. so fire was built. the
animals were unsaddled and given their
supper, we swung our hammocks i'm tine
trees, and wrapping ourselves in blankets
lay down to sleep. The blazing FIRE
frightened the animals Of the forest ana
all around us we could hear the protests
of the tigers. whose cry is like that of n
child. Now and shen the deeper tones of
the mountain lions could be distinguished.
but they were moro friohtennd tbon W.
for the fire was a terror to them. as il was
a comfort to us. the altitude being some.
thing more than Z. 900 feet and the fem.
perature 40 fahrenheit. The birds chat
tered and g0ssiped, being awakened Inv
the unusual light.
At $3.50 we were to be called and con-
tinue the ascent. so as To reach tho fo,, ~
the mountain bv sunrise. we wore ali
awake long before the rime ana Ieavinc
the hammocks hanging. and strinninS
ourselves OF every possible encumhrance
except overcoats and food. we yvera in ~
saddle promptly and followed tho gnide
as he minced into a dorbnoee p,ot oC,,id