The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-12-29

Congo river She missed stays aud
got stcrnway. so you see. air. II was
soon all over with her after that"
Howl do not understand"
Dent you know what stcrnway ls2
What do they teach folks ashore? She
was taken aback In the hurrlcane-tho
most dangerous thing that can happen
20 amy vCssol-a sudden shift OF wind
threw her on her hroadside In the
trough OF the sea. and with her deck
toward the storm. 30 her matches were
soon beaten ln--all the sooner that
she was driven ON n coral reef near
the Sharks Nose. where the sea was
like a sheet Of foam around her.
Five poor fellows were washed
away and drowned but when day
broke. and the storm abatcd a little.
the captain. six men and got ashore
In the long boat. Just as the poor Ar
row began TO break up. for we could
see the waves beating into her and
ronding asunder the decks. the inner
and outer shcathing, as II they couldn't
scatter the cargo fast enough far and
wide.
well. there we were. shipwrccked
In a wild place on tho west coast OF
Africa, at a part OF the Congo river
where the mangroyc trees grow into
the water. and have their lower
branches covered with oysters and bar
nacles.
I'VE could see high blue hills In tho
] AL. A.e tHa
the cane swamps and the Wild woods
which bordcrcd the river. and we sat
on the beach for a while looking rue
| fully at the wreck, OF which little now
remained but few tlmbers tai the
Increase OF the morning heat drove US
for shelter into n grove OF oil-palma,
and there. Master Rodney. We found
tulips. lilies aud hyacinths growing
wild. and six times larger than you
ever saw In England.
Some OF our men proposed that we
should repair the longboat-she was
partly stove inland put 90 sea, or
creep In along the coast until we were
picked up. We were without carpen-
tors tools; but the captain had case
OF surgical instruments. and the frat
use we mnde Of the saw was to cut into
halves an iron buoy which had noatod
ashore from the wreck
Thus We had two kcttiea. In which
we. boiled some neabirds and their
eggs. and mnde n mess whereupon we
breakfastcd. Exhausted by the late
storm. the birds were easily knocked
down by stones as they sat with droop-
ing wings upon the rocks near the sea;
but scarcely was our miserable meal
over when we heard loud yeils, and,
eeeseaeaa ~ o,s emoko Of our nro
down camc whole Rnns ~ utAy oas
. kles. all Muasolongos. Wild and naked
Z with rings or fshbones In their lonl
, ears and fat noaes-all streaked will
Z war-palnt and shouting like madmoi
= M they brandlshed their muskets AM
spears.
"They fred volley. which stretched
; on the earth the poor captain and nj
my shipmates. dead or dying. The lat
, ter they soon dispatched with theil
; knives and spears, and left them TO b
: eaten by wild animals; but on nndlnI
that had escaped their bullets. theJ
! supposed that their fetish had pro
tected me. and 50 for a time was safe
For a whole week was forced e
help these Hayagos In The work Of TAX
.. ing all that remained OF the wreck "a
pieces. though hundreds came from
. the interior. and they wrought hard
, some men using even their filed teeth
10 get all the iron and copper bolts
which they priced more than the car
70, sails or sparn. as they could fash.
> ion them into weapons and the heads
of spears and arrows. But with every
thing they could lay their dingy hands
upon. myself included. they made on
inland, Just as vessel. which proved
TO be kings ship. came round the
Sharks Nose. and thus. with help.
protection and liberty At hand. was
more than ever prisoner.
Il was In very low spirits. you may
be sure. fearing they only intended to
fatten me up. like n stabilized OF. or n
turtle in a tub, before cooking and
eating me, or making me sacrifice TO
some idol carved OF wood: for many
times saw the whole 'tarnal tribe on
their knees before the ngure-head OF
the Arrow. which had beon washed
ashore, and was pronounced to be n
fetish.
"For three days we Travelled among
,, deep and slimy-green swamps, thick.
wild woods and immense phthlesa
canebrakes. where In an hour saw
more tree leopnrds and zebras. howl
ing jackals and antelopes. grinning
, monkeys and chattoring paroquots.
than ever were seen in all the shows
at Greenwich fair, TIL we arrived Mt a
/. kranl Of n hundred huts, for all the
world like pigstlea surrounded by a
high pallsade OF hamb0os, and situated
in a forest OF palms,
81 was now the slave OF chief.
I who're rigging was rather queer. for II
, consisted only Of a deep fringe. or kilt.
OF unplalted grass. a necklace OF lions
teeth and nshbones, and cap OF Loop
/ ards skin, on which lowered a plume
I OF feathers, above a row OF human