Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-20

should tire OF roasted and bEoiied. Jack
BuTnet, the ships cook. eontriyed to
boil some pieces OF goat In its own
SKIN. stretched upon sticks. with a firs
underneath. salt for a spice, and sliced
pumpkin for vegetables,
OF the ho, ms. when carefully seraped
and eieanea. We made very efficient
drinking cups. in which our rum.
duly mixed with water. was doied out
to us by H,siop. the keeper OF our pro-
vision store.
The eggs OF the sea birds were .
constant object of search. and being
an expert climber. I frequently collect
ed grea, numbers OF those laid in the
ereyiees Of the rocks by the sea gull
and storm-finch.
Our life was one Of perpetual expos
urs and daily activity. Though over
p0Terinkiy hot at noon. the atmos-
phers OF the morning and evening was
delightful. and. as these portions OF
the day were spent in hunting for
food. the time passed rapidly. but His
iop's chief fear was that u Se were
not taken OF by some ship before the
rainy season set In. our discomfort AMI
danger from asues would become very
great.
by the time We had been fourteen
days on tho island he was recovered
so far as to be able To Join me in
making an exploration Of II. or rather
In walking all around II.
The circumference OF the largest isle
Is only four leagues. bu, its shores arc
70 steep and rocky In some places that
traYersins them proved u NOS, ardu-
Gus task.
On the eastern side we found srea.
cascade pouring from brow Of rock
upon the beach. The latter was coy
csod almost everywhere by a bre~d-
ieaSed s.awecd. the dark and aiimy
iendrils OF which were several yards
In length and were termed by Hisiop
tho gigantic fueus.'
So day after day passed. and. amid
our various means Of procuring food.
NO never failed to keep keen lookout
10 seward for passing sail: but
none came near tha; lonely lsict OF tho
southern sea.
One morning I found there had
arifled ashore near our hut mass of
that mysterious substance. the origin
Of which has puzzled 10 many natural
is's-anserHris. II must have weigh
cd more than a hundred pounds. and
when wo threw some OF Il into tho firc
II melted and dinuscd around a most
agreeable perfume. This marine pro-
duci!on. which Is only to be found In
the seas or on tho shores OF Africa
and Brazil. is alleged by some to be a
eonerction formed In the stomach o:
the Spcrmaccti whale.
On the fifteenth morning after our
landing seaman named Henry War.
rcn, who went to milk our goats.
which had been tcthcrcd to a largo
tree near the hut. returned In haste
to announce that tho ropes which hal
secured them were cut. apparently by
n sharp instrumcnt-cir clean through
and that the goats. tho capture OF
which had cost US so much labor, wcro
gone.
"CutI BY whom?" asked every one.
Before we had time to consider this,
ilislop came out Of the hut. and stated
that one OF our three bread bags had
also been cut open. by 4 slash from a
knife. apparently. and that several
pounds OF biscuits had been abstracted.
The strange alarm. and wha, was
worse. the eoubt Of each other. which
these discoveries excited. were painful
and bcwi!dering.
We examined tho place where the
goats had tecn tethcrcd. but could dis
cover no traces OF feet. and nothing
remained but the ends OF the ropes
tthe long boat sheets and haiIiards)
tied To the stem OF tree.
(To bc continucd.) =