Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-02

iention has been drawn as IefY l het that ill the interior of San Jago, the largest of the Cape Verde islands, which nestle ill the Atlantic of the most westerly point of northern
 exists 8 strange people
 name of the Cantadas,
 hrs past have been abso.
 rom all intercourse witk
 Id, and who are fair
 complexioned and blue he remaining population erde islands consists of
 Portuguese, who are
 thy and somber in color
 Africans.
 harp against the sky line
 he mountain of San An
 loft ill pinnacle to the
 D 5000 feet. In form 1t
 hpression of all ancient
 its sharp slope OH the
 he sea, but on the inland ity is broken by sort of
 teryal, at the farther end
 |e is the stump of what
 gone by to have eonsti-
 peak, of equal height fo
 but which, through some
 Ism of nature, has been
 Bome 4,000 or 5.000 feet
 mmon base
 enough. the peak of San
 accessible to clever noun
 (ett as ti,c sister mountain
 hay, the broken off peak-is
 verse. From the point where
 om the surrounding desert
 there is nothing but steep
 lcanic rock, not merely hun.
 probably couple of thou gllo6 ad bigh. Indeed tho only point Ii 60 the sum cess could ever be obtained San nhHon nit of the sister mountain of interval N 0 would be from the cuplike mention of hich divides the two, and This GU which has been made above water and D, however, is filled with Cantadas is known by the name of the water of lake It is great sheet Of On this iarvelous depth and clearness 1 yin the inte farther end of the lake, anG @ of San A rior of this sister mountaiu ! white race htonio. dwells the mysterious trustful, a known as the Cantadas. Dis. 5, gers thes pparently, of the gaze of stran- dom leay people of the mountain sell ] time, an their habitations during day , visitors d on the slightest alarm of But by Il hey seek the shelter of the rock til evenl idiag on the opposite cliffs un- it is poss ng and with tho aid of glasses u.ari ib)e&o get 8 good view of them 71en they begin at sunset to gather ssd the grassy meadow which fronts 1Ake opening of the caves and extends down Go the waters edge.
 EGautiful, fair haired, white skinned girl clad in flowing white linen gar. menfsy which scarcely conceal the sinu ous beauty of perfect grace and form. come out to wash linen ill the lake and to sport on the cool green grass. The men, too, are simply dressed in much the same way, their white linen sar. ments being admirably suited to the tropic climate. Many other signs of d high degree of civilization appear, and from certain points near the summit 0! San Antonio it is possible. with the sid of strong glasses, to catch glimpseS through Assures here and there in the wall of rock of the twin mountain, of sheep and cattle grazing, of green felds and trees and of white, fiat roofed houses running parallel with one another, all brilliantly lighted by the sun, and there fore leading to the belief that the inte- 1ior of this sister mountain of San An tonic must be holiowed out into some valley. possibly the crater of an extinct volcano. which. through some freak of nature, has been converted from harren basalt and lava into grassy and fertile slopes
 An intrepid explorer would not have great difficulty in reaching the Cantadas people. All that would he necessary would be to ascend the San Antonio peak, to descend On the other side until one reached the cliffs that oyerhang the Cantadas lake, to have oneself lowered by means of rope to the surface of tho latter and then to swim across the lake, which may be anywhere from four to six miles in length.
 Certain scientists who have investi- gated the tradition and rumors that ex- ist about the Cantadas among the in- habitants, African and Portuguese, of the Cape Verde islands. areainclined te the belief that they are of Cornish origin. This thecsy is due to the fact that what is stated to be their tongue resembles the dialect of the natives of Cornwall more than any other known language.-New York Journal.
 Humane