Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

snouio tne OF roasted and broiled. Jaca
purhet, the ships cook. coutriyed "a
ooii some pieces Of a goat in its owr
aAin' stretched upon sticks, with a fire
underneath. salt for a spice, and sliced
pumpkin for vegetables.
OF the horns. when carefully scraped
ana Cleaned. we made very efficient
drinking cups, In which our rum.
GUY mixed with water, was doled out
10 us by H!slop. the keeper of our pro-
vision store.
Inc eggs OF the sea birds were 4
constant object Of search, and being
an expert climber. frequently collect
60 great numbers OF those laid in the
ereYlees OF the rocks by the sea gull
and storm-finch
our life was one OF perpetual expos-
ufe and daily activity. Though over
po~eringiy hot at noon, the atmos-
phere OF the morning and evening was
eehshttul, and. as these portions of
Tue day were spent In hunting for
1000. the time passed rapidly. but His
iops chief fear was that II we were
mol taken on by some ship before the
rainy season set in, our discomfort and
danger from agueg would become very
great
by the time we had been fourteen
Gays on the island he was recovered
30 far as 10 be able TO Join me In
making an exploration Of IL, or rather
~ walking all around Il.
The circumference OF the largest isle
is only four leagues, but its shores are
SO steep and rocky in some places that
uaTersing them proved a most ardu-
Gus task.
un the eastern side we found great
cascade pouring from a brow OF rock
upon the beach. The latter was COW
cred almost everywhere by a broad
leayed sesweed, the dark and Shiny
tsndrils OF which we're several yards
In length and were termed by Hisior
the gigantic tucus."
So day after day passed. and. amid
our various means OF procuring food
We never failed 70 keep keen lookout
to seward for passing sail; but
|. none came near that lonely lslet OF tn.
, southern sea.
One morning | found there hat
dr!fted ashore near our hut a mass o
, thai mysterious substance, the Origin
, Of which has puzzled so many natural
lists ambergris. Il must have weigh
|, ed more than a hundred pounds. an,
4 when We threw some OF It into the fir
, Il melted and dlfused around a mos
4 srreeahle perfume. This marine pro
: duetion. which is only to be found fl
the seas or on the shores o, Afric
Il and Brazil. Is alleged by some to be
. eoBcretion formed in the stomach @
!. the spermaceu whale.
On the fifteenth morning after OH
: landing q seaman named Henry War
a ren. who vent to milk our goat.
[ which had been tethered to a larg
/: tree near the hut. returned in hast
4. TO announce that the ropes which ha
a secured them were cut. apparently
.y a sharp lnsirument-cl clean throug
and that the goats, the capture {
ie which had cost Us so much labor. wer
ID gone.
m "Cut7 by whom5" asked every on
m Before we had time to consider thl
a, Hlslop came out Of the hut, and state
d. that one OF our three bread bags ha
be also been cut open. by a slash from
knife. apparently and that sever
rounds Of biscuits had been abstracte
The strange alarm, and what WI
worse. the doubt OF each other. while
"a these discoveries excited. were paint
al aud bswildering.
IS We examined the place where q
c. goats had been te,hered. but could di
cover no traces Of feet. and nothir
4 remained but the ends Of the rop
All uhe long boat sheets and halliard
ar tied 10 the stem OF a tree.
IN ITO be oontlnued.)