The Republican journal., 1902-01-02
THE wN COAST OF AFRIC.

q Verdefappy Isles" OF the An
clients. Tin of Portuguese Territory |
In the Midre Atlantic.
B,ecial Co,ience of The Journal.
PSantiago Island, Cape
! Ade gror. 26, 1901. A fugitive
IN iusti,ring to etface himself
y h the pf men, could hardly
II a bette than this forgotten
lhipelagtted IN mld-ocean' OPP
Kite the IF Sahara. The nearest
Id is Cabe-a desolate, unlnhab-
Ia prom, jutting out from the
tst of Saba, three hundred and
klenty nstward. On the north,
IA neares bors are the Canaries,
a tld miles away. To the
Al tward NO swell of the Allan.
III sweerobstructed, half way
(tlnd the; and southwark there
bit lscovered territory be-
laen thi,t and the Antarctic ice
! ids.
Is ever knows, the Cape Verde
Inn aresouthernmoSt islands of
notwithstanding with the
les antching irregularly down
Y vesteast of Africa-which the
lest pnhers named Fortunate
yulae. ppy Isles,'l or isles OF
LABk ecause it was believed
I 81 " re among them lay the
I ~ NJ to which heroes repaired
M,'''' nul fever, without the dis
I -, ssity of dying. Modern
,brN the way, and other fol
~ me ure isms and ologies, take
! 10 Bemthe thought that Piiny,
I tsng-Arch and Homer, enter
I 20 lie milar to their own con-
I eDt " to concluded, with
I rth MT of difference except in
I ne oil uture bliss. Surely, those
I wa s.ophers must have had
: NANCE with this portion OF
I ,Ies,' or they would never
~
I their paradise here! Fol
I a.. where perpetual punish
/ M, sine qua non, the Ilhas
L Ia be ideal: but regarded in
Z Aue. Sweet Home" more
+ heaven-torsaken region,
I Aahiectionable citizens and
I - ATE, would be hard to find
I y nurteen of the islands, anC
ea W If them are inhabited
II led area is a little more
he state of Rhode Island
-.ullation is estimated at ONE
..- sand. -"colored" in the
i + nineteen negroes to ont
II The climate is practically
~ IT ,he Saharan desert, with al
"a u2priciousness of nature sci
' eyond the dark continent
ter everywhere, but not
u x salt water stretching OF
81 the horizon, but no cooling
ri .. lake.. no wells; sometime
Il Al no ram through years o
q ght, in which animals perls
Il ulture. never hourishlng
Il ural death. The people DIT
d condensation and the heavy
dew Of night for their SUI
King md drinking water, an
for pvatory purposes is tn
iii troubles. Torrid hea
q yi1g scarcely five degree
1 10 year, and neither tn
4 TN snOccO nor the souther
inc any relief. OF cours
.e vegetation. but with tn
n consistency Of the regiol
II ryWhCre clumps OF gigantl
moug the largest trees i
"a -1louriShing in the barre
"A M luXuriance known only i
atory-like jungles of AS
some authorities say tn
Alago owes it name, Ilha
cen Islands" to these mag
s: and others assert tia
,omes from the sea veeC
Il i.,rald, which covers the We
.4 in around.
fan has always belonged t
supp least in modern times
.ed tCter of century befor
aberlrn, Juba II. King 0
Aaee Ian expedition to explor
4, Desert folla-a most interestin
III h has come down to u
Then, after time
I'd out of notice and fo
ouSand years RENAME
rs. otten-eXcept in col
lu submerged continent
4l red to by Plato, Solo1
SOL re year 1880 the CAP
4 hal as rediscovered h
Il 41 Genoese adventert
Prince Henry
M t e uninbabited, an
,.r. oniZed them wit
tor lean coast-Whic
&c ly shaded popul
pa e the archipelag
e '' VA the Province {
" it'll the Cape {
the mainlar
Y is one of ii