The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

srcits my cprIosisv ana make me de.irqYs -
HsssaEsss ths csEsfi a. g this a.sn % &c StSun iIsst.
mSrShSs. The light that / now saw was I'M
balls Of iirc which IN high southern ATTITUDES
appear at the masthead and yardarms OF ships
@ al ,s sSspu sorp SSnSa h Witch G a:;uui hs a sSslS ar.
sumed TO be OF electrical origin. thought I
saw a ohsnOe e make the Investigator ,cU Eat N. ! de
horse to a. standstii with a Jerk at the bride
haunches-for there, dead ahead. at about lie
former distance. away. was blazing the light
said. w Ssd T tSneho saFn my 0S horse sSF with RlSS% sPaT.
heard the llanero calling 70 me in horror.
bent upon the light which i meant should not
"How long 1 went and how far i could form
no idea, for the light, rcceding, seemed 70
Sense OF time and space. Then something fell
softly. around my arms and body. frightened
sharply, about me; and, as ny horse plunged
dropped from beneath his feet, l was drawn
swiftly backward out from my saddle. I
tho rear of where / had left tho horses back,
and instantly was dragged through the gras9
tho SSiI0 upon me slaeSened, and, half stunned
by the rough handlingI had undergone, I
looked up at Domingo Verato bending over
~ 'Huiioi what does this performance mean,
my mps Feet n ahd staring s1 around. i.SshhS g s my Recr sS
"verate's horse was standing close BY, ,its
excitement. MY horse was nowhere In view.
A As my Sas eyes the took sound N dhe sf . shinEs th %nis ssm sn e
direction MS horse was looking, and j saw, a
n AAna afann aNoa~ M Infnr h Hnhk II
had followed ei.'A Il biazeaa al above oSeof q, great . up:
rooted tree that swung and tilted In q vast
on tho day beiore had Been the dry ssvannS
and bottom lands by the river.
that s Separated ed the lower "f fro'n the s1 Sis sisSp plain iahs
s ana T tbe sui SSnbtiinssl1y b %ers weTs tSn 9ai n
heavier sounds rose tho frightened cries Of birdie
and beasts: and on the face Of tho waters could
or Inc horned heads OF cattle overlooked in the
nothing was to be seen. It had boon swepe
away instantly and drowned.
were the first in the hso Dii S@e' Perez PeH se Country sgd to
6ehSIa I It; AZ X. we Sor rode g. for 3p,t the 11 ranch nnn 81 riding ding
after the deluding light. 1t had been q long
pursuit, far longer than I was aware Of. and
food as I approached the bank. ] now believe
that / was mesmerized or hypnotized through
bUeaulLE gazing. upon the noaJlnB name. IN
deed. Verato said rs much to me.
"Yo were encdntddo [enchantedl with the
fire Of .Aguirre,' he said. You ride straight
after it into the water and d~rown-never think
Luckily he had heard and recognized the
sounds Of the inundation, and squirting after
me had thrown his lasso just in time to pull me
back from destruction.
This is one experience-my own-with the
.nre or ARutrre. II you go to the Venezuelan
pampas the .~llaneros will tell you a thousand.
OF course, the phenomenon, which is no more
remarkable than that Of the corpus sancti OF tho
seas. muBt he eXDlainable on aCCpDtnd natural
grounds. Nevertheless. my advice, like that
Of tho naneros, would BIO to let it alone, for IL
will lead its follower into undesirable places.
II is not for nothing that this will.o'. the.wisp