Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-16
AMONG Yan sNvcHELLEs.


Prospects.
F-a. t.- El.e Iets F.I.
ON Board InH SARiNA, INDIAN
OCEAN, Oct, II. ls,j.-We are of Tor
Alden to-day, after q week among the oey-
cheles Islands, which where wholly I'M
known to me uad this week. 10 came
abont quite strangely. We had planned
TO go from Calcutta tc Liverpool in one OF
the line steam ols. but at the eleventh
hour we found tuat regiment OF soldiers
would ne among our fellow passengers,
ana SO we changed our plan and TOOK
Colombo boat. Arrived at the Iey-
Ion port, we asceri&med thaJ
the only steamer hOmeWard bound was
the Sarnia. which would sail direct Elk
Cept chat it would put ma at the @eycAeiles
for a cargo OF vanilla. The alternative
was wanting and, taking passage
"Wednesday week, We enjoyed "a plt as"uJ
though somewhat heated Trip 90 Name,
arriving there under h5l ana
level morning sum- To WuaJ haG
we come: 10 the seychelles. ANA
what are they. Islands not always
precisely mentioned upon maps; islands
OF which the world ma general ignores
the existence: a certain strange country,
giving forth strangely vague signs oil a
mysterious, somi-cIyililed life, ana stand
ing away OUT of tle track beaten by The
vessels oil tue ladlan seas.
we ApFiJ"1heu tuc ia! ""i W ~ ' .
VIVA mo- Fie-uccs Oh "a tot0 '' 7""G .Ho
ship TO course. The little islands and the
coral at0is seemed to dance on the water
i'm daILInz bewiiderment. The shore OF
The larger island lay low, bustllng VITA
Tusnes, aud marsh grasses waving In the
breeze. A little further ON the water was
ueep'y ciouueu WIN paie green. az. nc
BED IN iue Instance vas H9@N lu= t"1J -.
Inc lighthouse stooo out ABOVE 'ut SIM!
ooNs anu S~ lsuus Iec"9. - "c9SC, u
NoiI~9h was DENIM us CIl lusolln7 lIHo
IRON lVslhe ~ uea'' "hu Ot9'liis ." 80 az
IhS 7ullle W Cheel sAe F"9' ei'sil0e VI i''''''
anu SEA 49,. ,...-.,.,
had oeeh gong Uue east OuO SUI
UeHlg 'ue PHoI PuO "oo"s souuH' euH a..
me gauntlet OF d 10" Ieel ana Ioch-!llt
IsIe' OhI as1AS ne steamer O"5 VI 1uo
ehudCeiihs Ieeus ana odil AeIeteeu - "79e7
lllo ROCKY Cay' anu pGlUse on q s'i ~ r.
wharf, ruined, roUteh ana uneai my Ouu
craft nuddled near II, ana hshlhS heis
maze lahtasuc coo"eoOery aoout we
skeleton tmOer WoiA' 'Iceh were Cuc
bahhs' green Ohe wafer green ais9 WIN WIN
luhgi every uean ana Doalu ol tlc Uecay-
1hz Wnaii'
had 10 await customs oilcel; anu
meantime we pnOloSIdpDeu tne lllldse'
me houses are punt IN chaI deO eIlsOic
style, OF wood and cocoanut thaJch, oroau,
Ea,-shaped caves standing OUT over odu
balconies, anu every mousse Ihe Is leIIu"
m architecture. On the "Aaii, On lnG
balconies, ana among jhe houses we couIu
see negroes I'D abundance most Oh Iheln
OF cinnamon color, anua ie" OF glossy
bronze yellow Ahef features were IiIeg-
ulat, WITHOUT ntiuS "CtudllF ltpdi9'FS'
some nave high cneek bones ana some
nave eyes SET silshUlY a7lauV' IN bue
1siahus lheie are several types oI tue
nlach race. None ol Iheih are
lail' put al are IaJher uhoeI-slAeu anu as
supple as eeis' IheI' hahHs ana leeV are
small anu theH movements QUICK anu
easy. In Dne, we were not lonk III COM
ing az we lacl JDal many 81 lhe hatiNe
neycheilese are hoVAihS eise ina" OiecleS
OF lhe most pronounced, the most an
ique quality' maze more Ptaiht IMAM
Amer loan Nieules ny cu1i Vto'uIu4 az"
bIodu 2roIesque mats iAe hosl lhtelil-
gent person ia name Is one Ca bhe7e Cle-
"les' priest ana as acute as an! "ultc
man he is am attractive hgure' brown
as ora copper anu WIN sInguIaIIY
Orlgnt eye. ne was educated IN france
anu Is no" Capuculh' Aeatoue' qutcA,
anu poll5e' keeping Hl"ot on al Alhus OuI
Oh the ih@I HeO7 oi inc dIChi teias"' anu
having sinister eye lpt gamblers ana
otner lhiringers upon law ana morals.
Inc WniJe iesQent5, however, are gwen
~ 0t4~ Nt-'- N'iN
noon OF our ARRIVAL the customs oHcer
was ln MS Guns ana consequently we hau
10 remain an hiEhJ ia our caDlns. by SO
dong we witnessed sunset OF enchant-
lneat-the steel biue OF the west heated
'~Ih.J furnace yellow, then coHhng on INTO
red spiendofs OF marvellous neat ana
Transparency. Inc htie pay Olushed
crimson, the decayiug timber work took
oniunte OF fairy bronhe,and the sun went
down lurld ana cl0udless. Nlgnt came
on, ana frogs bCrsJ form into weird
swamp hymn. Mosquitoes rose Ike
Lhick iog lhe tapp0hoeS, sand hies, and
fieas became lns0ient. fhe pfle-9leH ut
tered It's Fesper soprano. Lahdward tue
negroes made merry IN the snort chopping
waves.
The following morning we went ashore
While the Sarnia was ladfng the three
passengers went here and there, intent TO
study the country 50 little known. The
oeycheiles lie southeast or Alden ], 400
miles, ana nearly 600 miles east Of the
Zanzibar coast The Latitude Is 4 deg.
south and longitude 30 deg. east. The
group, or archipelago, comprises about 30
rough, rocky, and mountainous islands
and lsiets with coral reefs around them.
Tue Portuguese discovered them in the
hiteenth century. Among the early navi-