The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
WIZ HTST Sy4 n ErHfNIS.


New BrproHp. July - -Cnit. Ben Gave
land 10 going to take another trim To DesoI1.
ton ISL nd in search OF sea ej"ihauts Desc
latinn Island. or. more strictly si-aEiu. kcr.
guclen Island. IS situated IN the antarctic
Ocean. The OLD wha!cmen nptly named il
Desuiation II IS about a. barren SPOT As
can I've found or the footstool, 1t is unin-
habited. about 100 miles long and 20 miles
wide. mountainous and IN som" parts 200
feet above the SEA. Yves JOSEPH lie kCrcue-
len. Tremarcc. "A French naIigntO r. dis covered
it. Scarcely anything grows there. To tAc
southeast lilo, Henrd's Island. distant about
huu miles. and here the sen "lel hHnts. a. thcv
are called hy whal.mcn, are found even more
p.entIfuy than N Ike Erclrn.
In til" eGrly part OF lat wear Cant Cleveland
made vn'a-s tbs islands in the bark Swal.
low and on" bright Iav last sunnnier returued
with coIors ll"iuE and his shin filed to- ihs
dec with I'll ina; v"tag" u"tted not far
from S',.uDn AMI the taxing uf tl,e oil coy"roi
a period nr not NOR" 'han.! months Years
ago Franz" VA '&s great market 'rr sen cite
rhnnt OH IN, CArt. Cleveland found tina, there
was ma ket !nr hts rHr% rGh' her" ~ h"n-
quick spls tIat determined him to make an
other venture mi, wear.
llr nId HI, mar'uers nave ho"Ght the hr"c-
mHstcd schooner Il. :. Graham Ot i'h'in lr'-
rhln Til. Graham ha- u carving cara"itv "
5000 barrels and l. AZ Irc-"n' uu the marine"
calkei an! made 9tn,rwlse ready for the
cruise. CAM. CIeNean' says lie has got lust
the vessel lie wants. and HAT in u wears time
h" will ha, returned 10 port win u fu. argu
which he eTr"r,S to take NEXT wln'"U AVID
sptlng. Tire Graham j. IN sai about Aug. No.
and Cant. Cleveland saws mar about Nn,. ! ;
he eNrec's % he busy Strengthening his troy.
Tn" sea elephant is reIilr y $40 les ul cad
and is often called thA "leuhnnt seal. Iha
largest measure twenty i"et in length
an,i the n imnls WELD considerable oil. hey
live in families or Schools and. being dow N
mOvemeE'. are easily capture |. IT, fact. il is
only matter of finding II gr0up Of them in
order to cautur- tho "n'Ire school. For work
ing purposes the crew q. the Graham will be
divided. part of the m~n living on board the
vessel Wing a anchor in 4 !anlIOckcd narhrr.
while the remainder will live on shore. from
where the attacks on the seal can hs more
easily made In this work the men will alter.
nate. and thOs" on the vessel will try out he
flesh IA soon rs II il brought 10 hem. Willie
this il going on. and tho work must lie cos =
uleted before Aprii !, tn" schooner will be
riding In smooth water.
In the catching Of the elephant seal there is
chase to whn'". Hunting the elephant seal
Is stmriy n ono sided rro""elng in which the
seal. II caught nnrrinc. hasn't the ghost OF a
crS have raih no attention to the sea ae-
phant the last known VOYAGE previous 10 that
made hy Carr. Cevciand'i in the Swallow hav-
ing been made bv tho schooner Francis Avn
abnuG siN wears ago. The schooner returned
illIsd to tho hat"h"s. In the early COS New
London whaleneu were very much Interested
in this branch Of the oil business. and Star-
buck mentions Severa. voyages to DesolatiOn
Island in the laralN nrANiOua