The evening times., 1899-01-09
L0NG-LCST CREW FOUND
ON A DESERT ISLAND
VESSEL ABANDONED AT SEA
Eleven Sailors of the GIenhuD'I..v v
Lived Five Months Pen
E:uin EGGS.

| New York. Jan Cast away on rat
| infested island in the South Atlantic
! Ocean, 1500 miles south by west OF the
Cape of Good Hope where they lived for
| l54 days, mostly On penguins eggs, Capt
| r. r. Shaw, of the British bark GIenhunt-
| ley, and his crew of ten men were at last
! rescued by the British war ship Thrush
| and. late in November, were landed az ST.
mons Bay, South Africa.
The Glenhuntley sailed from New York
! en- March 81 last, with general cargo. for
| Freemantle Australia. r. W. Cameron &
| Co, her shipping agents. of No % South
William Street. are rejoiced TO know that
| the Glenhuntley's crew. long since given
up as lest, have been rescued from starva-
! tion and are now en- route 70 Liverpool.
England. from which port the vessel hail
ed.
The voyage from New York was un-
eventful until June 1. when fierce storm
was encountered The craft was SO seri-
! ously damaged that on June 4. Capt. Shaw
: and his men were forced to abandon il at
sea. They took 10 the lifeboats and sew
eTal days later landed On one of the Iris
tan d'Acunha Isles. where they were COM
PEELED to remain until the Thrush making
her annual rounds of the struggling ISL
ands. forming part OF the British colo
nies. arrived and took them back TO civ
iIization.
The adventures Of the shipwrecked men
are described by Capt. Shaw in a letter
written by him which reached here yester-
day. by way Of Cape Town. After telling
OF the abandonment Of the bark and rhe
landing On the island. he writes:
The first ship that approsc he'd the island and
was boarded BY the American vessel :
ID. Carlton, on September rs. from New Y.rs 10
hcngkong- wanted the captain 20 take u- 10
rNasF y
second mate however went on the Carlton
Three days IiteDysrd sighted a sail T...t
afternoon eIEht men and myself leiJ in small
boat. and got 10 her bv sailing and rowing. ,HtUf
10 p M She proved 10 be the four -rnaSred hisk
Strathgrype. - GTren0ck. fIom New York for
Melbourne. They also could nor take Us but the
captain gave Is seventy pounds of bread. fry
pounds ot Hour. fourteen pounds OF coffee and
some tobacco That the FIRST sub-lssur i.sl
food and tobacco we got since We reached tle
island is the population OF the place. with oar
eleven. had been increased 70 eightv-thTpr the
supplies did last long
never thought There white Peoplc %
poor a. the s'syenfy-tWn who made Tristan
d Acunha their home The natives have rais~-s
built ot stone and matched with cra~- ga 4
tuSsock-
The Islands are overrun vfth sa-,. uaa get
>csHt food excepting when the natives r-r 90.
raise little grain They Li= up .he seed Ir-
most a. soon a. planted. TEe people erls v.rs
little OF anything. but once ir d while -E,r -..,.-
ceed IN raising few potatoes Tle-a arp "a i-.-
apple and pear trees. but the rats. which rrisi,
them, eat the fruit before &c can riper.
The governor OF the island gave ne shelter. and
the rest of the q.Jrt-red 10 -Er IC1l~-s
"t the natives who divided their stock ot ea@lets
and penguin fe>ii and eg.s Of the later -os
fowl with them
>ea eagles are about tAe size % &, dues. 5uj
their flesh was too strong for me 20 eat The
natives however. seem To relish 10. and su time
there Is possibility that { would also iaiI into
line with them The craving Gf hunger j. a I-r-
ribie thing. and 10 satisfy il I ate penguin e--s
for breakfast. dinner and supper They were
cooked IN all STYLES. hut the VARIETY. >lyH rs f.
was. could not disguise the rzrg my taste
There are several PeEguin>' rouEericS whore Sc
cot eggs which furnished the main pare ot ,.ir
daily food. We also killed SOME 81 the -ss faef,
and The oil secured in the c""kin- we used 5E
our lamps
The GlenhUntley which was buiI- ~
Glasgow in 1852. was $40 tons burden and
l65 feet long She was owned by T O.
Jones & J. II. FOyl Cf Glasgow. Scotland