The Republican journal., 1896-09-17

the Group.
In charge of pest-house at sea, with
the nearest land the desert sand d-coast of
Sahara, is not comfortable position. |
never started on this voyage for fun, and
things now looked as though there would
be neither that nor profit. The second day
the patients body and arms were we'll
broken out but the fever was less and
the pulse normal | began to think his
case was to be mild one. Each day he
grew better; the eruption gradually died
away and the man cot BETTER the same as
any one else does from the measles. For
the next few days l was very busy over
being happy. | have handled smallpox,
and every kind Of foreign fever has beat
upon my head, but | had never before
seen but one case of measles and that
was my own, when, thirteen years old, l
had them on board the brig Hylas. At
the same time man had typhoid fever in
berth above me. We had no care,
whatever, and my childs disease must
have been severe, because | well remem-
Der that l faithfully answered all the
other mans groans, and for some days
we kept perfect time without break or
discord. No water was given US and that
taught me lesson. l would give sick
man water if l knew it pretty surely
meant death. One may as well die from
indulgence as be murdered by thirst, 4,
timer He, himself, had the measles at
Halifax, when a prisoner of war in 1912.
Probably he was not very carefully attend
ed to.
In running down the African coast, off
that part fronting the Sahara aud the
Soudan, there seems to be something un-
pleasant and tomb like in the view and in
the feelings. There is almost never sail
to be met, never a bird in the air, nor a
chip OF a bit of weed in the water There
is plenty of dull, hazy sky and abund-
ance of water, but nothing else to look at
for day after day, while everything seems
as still is the grave OF course we do
not so very near to the coast that is not
necessarily nor would it be safe A cur
rent sets on to the wild, hazy and sandy
shores, and to the misfortune of ship-
wreck, along certain parts, would surely
be added cruelty, robbery and slavery by
the wild and wandering tribes of the
desert. North of Cape Noun the Canary
fishermen dare not 90. from their dread
of the Moors who there possess boats,
while south of that point there are none.
The Empire Of Marocco is supposed to
end at about the River Noun, though its
always uncertain authority is but very
slight anywhere south of Agadir. From
the Senegal southwark, away to Benguela
the coast lands being mostly under the
rule of European nations-the people are
much more civilized and less to be feared.
In the possessions held by France she has
been very severe with the natives when
they have deserved it, hence their behav-
iour has greatly improved.
Our winds held fair, though at times
rather light, and on the 9th of August we
rounded Cape Manuel and came to anchor
in Dakar Bay, 30 days from the ''Athens
Cf America" to "Darkest Africa.' with
never a head wind and with a sea about
as smooth as anything that ever came
from the ironing board of a laundress.
The people were glad-the larder was low
and they had been without any ice for
months-even the Mohammedans almost
smiled on our arrival; while the high caste
Pagans grinned with pleasure
We found no letters OF papers from
home, of course; the mails would be
rather long in coming. happened to
get somewhat late paper, published in
Paris. and was made very unhappy hv
| finding meagre cable report of a shoe k
ing ragedy on board the bark Herbert
Fuller. Captain and Mrs. Nash had
| long been friends of ours: our vessels
were Just loaded near each other in Bos-
ton, where we exchanged evening visits,
books and other kindly courtesies. We
sailed the same day and We're in company
when the fog closed in, the second day
out. Our paths being similar we must
have been near them when, a few days
later, the fearful deeds We're done. was
never dreaming but that they We're we'll
and as happy as they always seemed to be
when together.
These murders must be the work of in
sanity. Capt Nash was very mild,
good natured and kindly man; and she
modest, pretty, gentle and most lovable
woman. Neither o. them could possibly
have ever given such offense to any sane
person as to bring about so desperate and
cowardly a revenge. RICHARDSON.
This item was from exchange and referred
to the ship May Flint The writer evidently had
in mind the Washington monument as it stood for
many years incomplete when it was 1874 feet in
height. ED journal.