New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-19

radlsh turnips. melons, cucumbers-n all seven
teen different vegetables in that dminutive garden
The of this noble garden assured us that II
very easy to goat-shootng and that there
mucho, mncho goat all of which was strictly trne.
Tie took us In his whale boat with four strong
the bay to the foot OF tho cliffs where he and
his comrades made any welln thereabouts ring with
blasts on cows horns and shrll whistles. Presently
one man pointed up In he air. and after the other
caught on but We craned our necfs TIL feared
tho vertebrae would uncoupo, and stlll cabrs
mOntes Finally l told BcllsarIus to shoot, and
the puff OF dust madc where the ball struck.
saw what looked to be mice crawling along about 200
feet above our heads. Tho report OF the started
others, and presently we discovered mucho, mucho
goat" but not within range Some of them finally
came down few hundred feet but they were too
high and far away TO give us Crusoe's luck We kept
them moving with Our Winchestes, doing no harm
to them and afordng innocent amusement
We tried fishing and found 1t paid much better
than goat-shootIng Our bait was lobster and so soft
that tho fish would steal I. continually. The water
very clear and three fathoms down we could sea
the albercore and Dream rushing at the bait Several
times in pulling up the bare hook we caught fish in
the belly tail, plentiful thew when wo
returned to the yacht found that the sailors not
engaged in hauling oil water had caught nearly two
tubs of fish In absence. Tho water was conducted
from a little run to the landing by a trough, from
which our boat was filled and then towed to the ves
sci and the fresh water baed Tito the tanks
BY the time we got back from fishing the water
and provisions board The latter were
various, limited IN quantity, and expensive Setting
hens and all other chickens the island WERE at
setting hen prices I'll each We took all tbs potatoes,
two and quarter pecks at 81 per peck, ard likewise
the lettuce, eggs turnIps, horseradsh, etc 1t was
a Juan Fernandez closing out SALE Presents were
Nohungeu cartridges clothes and part,
and Holsters of Immense size, a queer tomato-llko
fruit and sandal wood theirs Then camo fond
adIeu, handshaklng and mutual expressions of good
wishes and friends went the side and began
to quarrel over the spoil
The main and fore sails already up "Man
the wlndlAss n Then the chain clanking up
the hawse- pipe to the tune Of A" Goodbye my boys,
were homcward bound" But just as the anchor was
short aud the heads sails went up a fierce puff came
down the mountain, taking tho beam and start
ing ashore We had to let out the chain again to
her, and this repeated for nearly hour. We
kept dragging into deeper water till We were In thirty
five fathoms and then at last had 10 take advan-
tage OF fair puff, drag the anchor off the bottom into
deep water and get 1t up while under way. The men
we're exhausted. "Thats tho hardest llok OF work
ever done on this boat said brawny Swede, leaning
against bulwarks and gazing malevoently at the
clustering island. Presently getting away from tho
land found tie south wind blowing strong and the
sea still up the send Of every surge bringing
longed port where friends and letters from homo
waited Dinner alone saved Robinson Crusoe's Island
from evil PLACE in our memory. The roast Wild
goat, fresh ettuc,, tomatoes with mayonese mot to
speak OF setting hem, at last appeased an appetite
sharpened by weeks ratiOns of odds and ends OF
ships stores and Jnan Fernandez has the benefit u
being associated with their pleasant memory