The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-01-24
ALBATROSS Is HARD TO KILL.

Remarkable story Told by u British
Officer in the south Pacific.
William J. Reed writes from New Zealand
that an albatross was recently caught on the
steamer Star of New Zealand. 1t was killed
as was supposed, by being strangled and
was then wrapped in an old meat cloth and
put in snow chest for refrigerating. The
body lay in this chest for 10 days at a tenn
perature varying from zero to 1S degrees F.
Then one of the sailors said he heard the
bird making noise. Mr. Coombs the first
engineer took the bird out of the box and
down to the engine room, where it moved
it's head, opened its beak and looked around
with wide open eyes. The lower part of the
body and the legs were frozen stiff. The
bird was then put out Of its misery.
Another story of similar sort that need
not be repeated here seems also to show
that the albatross Is exceedingly tenacious
of life.
Probably the most remarkable story of an
albatross ever told was that Of bird which
was found dead on Sept. %, 1897, on the
beach near Freemantle. in South Australia.
Around it's neck was fastened a small piece
OF tin upon which had been scratched in
French
Thirteen shipwrecked men took refuge
upon CrOzet Islands on Oct. 4. 1887.
cabled by the governor of South Australia
to the French government. which ordered
the transport Meurthe, then in the Pacific,
to proceed as fast as possible to Crozet
Islands. When this vessel reached the
islands it found the camp of the ship
wrecked men and a note from them saying
that they numbered Is and were the crew
Of the three master Tamaris. owned in
Bordeaux. Their ship had driven ashore
and gone to pieces and they had lived there
for some time on fish and bird eggs They
added that they had just built boat OUT
OF the wreckage of the ship and were about
to start for Possession Island. a hundred
miles away where they thought they would.
very likely. be picked up by whaler.
The Meurthe at once went to Possession
Island but no trace Of the men could be
found. Their little boat had undoubtedly
been swamped the journey over the
stormy waters.
The winged messenger that had borne to
civilization the news Of these castaways
had made a journey of over 1000 miles with
few chances to rast on the way. This won
derful flight will rank With the best of the
many stories that are told of the alba
tross' remarkable powers and endurance on
the wing. Sailors believe the "Man-o'
bird" sleeps on the wing and naturalists tell
us that it's immense wing bones are as long
AS its body and that it is capable OF flying
feats that unequaled by any other bird.
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