Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

| ..Sx& AtrlIl lucky day and numbers.
~ 49, the thing which seems
| S-.LSEr$& the most remarkable is
..sSsZE-Css= that there were no lives
| lost.
We left Patuca under great stress Of crcum-
stances on the 18th after disposing Of super
fuous property and closing our houses. We
had lived some years among the Waika popula-
ton of the place and passed through many
strange experiences together often subsisting
almost entirely upon the bare products OF the
natives. until we had come to look upon the
place rs home.
A severe storm in the early part Of October,
succeeding months OF heavy floods upon the
river, had PLAYED sad havoc with the banana and
other plantations and destroyed my house. as
well as n dozen others. that compelled
to build another; while Cousin BIS
| threatened that he had deemed it prudent to
remodel it. and to that end had just moved it
back few rods from the eucroaching river
bank.
1t was not without regret that I deserted my
home. which had just been finished, and
although having matched roof and bamboo
sides, was very comfortable. and certainly the
best of tine kind in town. But homcs Of
little Use 10 starving inhabitants; SO, as the
food supply had given out and could not be re-
plenishcd-at the best ulation-Inside Of
months. were forced TO 90. and with that in
on a Carib boat, which had arrived in town but
4 few days before.
Our party consisted of Mr.. B.. with his wife
and babr. myself and another male passenger,
destined for Black river The baby's beautiful
little tortoise-shell kitten and Cousin T. 3 young
tiger were also PIT aboard. The hold was full
of trunks, furniture, &c. for it was our ex-
pectation to begin Housekeeping again on the
islands.
THE WIND BLOWS FRESH.
A start had been made three days before, but
after getting mile or two out to sea tho wind
began blowing quite fresh from the northwest
i'll which quarter our northers originnte-and
one of the crew rather diifidently suggested
that we put back and await settled weather.
Never before proposition OF his more
, quickly accepted. for we all knew the dangers
and discomforts of being out III a Carib boat
during n violent norther, and much preferred
waiting for the east trade wind to beating in u
rough sea against u head wind.
TO say the least the craft embarked our
lives and fortunes upon was a novel one. the
like Of which dare say few American women
. have travelled in. She was perhaps thirty feet
owe: all, eight feet beam and three feet draft.
Her hull had been hewn from n great mahogany
, log-in fact was n dugout. Some mahogany
, ribs had been put in and few blanks added
! to her sides. after which she had been decked
over and three matches made. In the stern a
small cabin had been built. in which the only
provision for the comfort OF passengers was a
small platform raised foot from the bottom OF
, the hold. Two tail masts close together
aud carried three lego mutton sails. or its
kind this was AN unusually Large, safe and com-
Portable boat.
An old gray haired Car;b man. two Younger
. ones and boy. composed The crew, who, with
.hcir ha'' his''i JtSoh ie" "hi'e men
nave ever hiss'eteu-ahu 'Ie'r queer SONGS
, were an interesting s'nus; Inc uh! was
cnarGiiuS, hSn'' snow! cio""S io'''eo hion IL,
. uppi, lbOye- mOueratlQC
, the sun Tor our northern blood Inc sea wa.
unusui'iy CAIN anu scaEce'F pfeaker roheu
t upon me sia? sane "i the oe"cn: OF Uroke upon
me p'f, a. VIC ICY 'uc nio"n :" ..iI "'uor. .u
) STOOD away west Deiose Sehtie ioflhe"s
Zeph9r,
3 Ihe ioW' HOMOGENEOUS co"s' SOON los' interest,"
anu we 'urHsu our a''eh'ioh 10 movers anu cen
NeIsauoi. A''et we Eo' pes onu .ne water JUS
colore.i p' 'he river. tne &c" a's ;aI'. ueep
Sive" ,nbc en- ~
ho'sceo swimming nonB Io'' po"ea'n Wv
v su'i"Ee, my. Noi, al Va INC '"o '",ioC
/, put 'hneteu SIeauF III eoiUr' Ho"1 oeinf
: m"t,isd WIN rich Drown or rea' anu o.oers ap'
PearinS oisco.oreu as 'nouEh p.e"eneo WI WI
l. aos: one pecu'r.ily we was -ia. cue,
: nun iuH'I was ",teno u ot 'ne s"u .,,no
n t"o or e.en me-, HtIio mn. iu''
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. 49, - "
d CANNON ISLAND.
Duripv Tho ortcrroon We nassed the month
Q =. -. -, n,,a,,,r ri, -, ,,-,,.;.,
L Vi b'e"ei "'ooo" 'no" 'oA! Vi oi"'
r water. measuring about 'hir'v oy seven miles
n Directly opposite the bar about mile nea
e the mainland. rises Cannon Island. the large
IS of n group of two precipitous. fores;-cOveret
Il hills. rising to the height of 200 feet from tn
:, water. This once the stronghold of tn
e buccaneers. the only remaining evidence o
e whose presence is four large rust-eatcn can
o non. keeping guard upon the leyeled crest o
= the hill, monuments to the strength and cOur
age OF those dreaded pirates OF the Spanisl
Q main.
II Now the island il the healGI arters of larg
e English mahogany company and harbors no
d much more prIucipled set of people. into who's
a society aud favor one may easily gain entranc
e BY showing n love OF sprItuous liquors an,
!, forming an Illegal alliance with a Mosquit
|, "mvreen."
% The Black river mountains had been in sigh
d all tiav. but it was not until after dark that
lie crossed the bar Here we had intended to q
is ashore to get food and obtain a comfor,abl
it nights lodging: bat the crew decided that W
IA should spend the night III the rocking boat
n while they went ashore 10 the towm.
In INC ,nGaa'rH o ' tor o. rriI,r
Two ~ Tho crew ion aud a vonnyer Corib too