The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-16

| point Of view, because l took advantage
! of the arrival Of so many strange tribes
/ 10 make myself acquainted with their
chiefs, their languages and their manners
and customs, in the hope that these tribes
! might be useful TO me some day when I
/ commenced my journey overland to civiii-
1 zatlon. For. of course, all hope to escape
! by sea had now to be abandoned since my
| boat was destroyed.
Soon after the loss of the boat by the
way, Yamba made me a small bark canoe
about fifteen feet long, but not more than
| fourteen inches wide, and in this we UNI
| dertook various little excursions together
J to the various islands thar studded the
| bay. The construction of this little canoe
1 was very interesting. Namba, first of all,
heated the bark, and then turned the
! rough part underneath in order that The
interior might be perfectly smooth. She
/ then sewed zip the ends, tina ly giving me
the little craft a coat OF rosin. obtained
! by making missions in the gum trees. OF
| course, I nissed my own substantial boat
/ and it was some little time before l grew
| accustomed to The frail canoe which ne
| cessitated the greatest possible care In
| handling, and also on the part of the pas
| sengers generally.
on on a ;WOmbat Hunt.
One day decided to SO aud explore one
| of the islands, in search Of wombats, as
I wanted some skins to make into sandals
| for myself. | knew that wombats haunt
| ed the islands in countless thousands, be-
| o,.et,, evenine, at..s,,nsnt Az ust1,I YAM
! he was my, ,7nl,y. ,,er,,,anion ana We soon
/ reacbed n likely leland but as 7 conla and
! NO suita hIo MACS for Ianaino I turned
| the canoe up a small creek. From this
course. however, my companion strongly
| dissauded me. Into the creek, neverthe-
homeless irnnasses 7 scrambled ashore and
| wade thrn,lgh five inches or six inches of
| nina rrha 1aeis1and was densal,, Gov
! aTed win Iu,1riant tronicaI veoeta tior
he manerovqs coming right down TO tbe
| waters edoa. 50 mai + had actuall1, 10
force my way through them 10 gain the
top Of the bank. l then entered on very
! narrow track through ehe Iofes' the Dusn
on Doth SIDES pelng so oehse as 10 reseh-
| ple an lmpeherapIe wan or dense heqse'
| lt IS necessary 20 pear TINS IN nina 10
realize what Followed mao not gone
| many yards along tnls tfack, Wheh L was
| hofrhled TO see Elsnt ~ front o. me- an
enormous aHigator! me great reptHe
! was shuHhhg along Gown lhe pain To-
| Wafd me- eVluehtiy maklhs LOT the water
ana not only tHocked NY ADVANCE, pui
| also necessitated my immediate retreat
Inc moment the prute caught slsht oi me
| ne stopped, ana began swapping ms Jaws
vlciously confess was quite non
piussed Tor the moment as TO now best TO
commence the attack upon ms une&pect-
ed visitor. 1t was Impossible for me to
get round hlm IN any way on account OF
| the dense push on either SIDE OF the mar
row forest track. decided however, to
make a bold dash for victory. having al
ways IN mind the prestige that was so
| necessary TO by existence among inc
blacks. | therefore walked straight UP 70
the eVil-looklng monster ana, then, TAX
] ing a short run, 1 leaped high INTO the
air, shot over his head and landed on his
scaly back, at the same time giving a
| tremendous yell IN order to attract Yam
ba, whom l had left in charge OF the
| boat.