The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-06-02
, manned Islands in the
WV Wild South Seas.


rss Of starvation A Penguin City
..rr,pondence of The Journal.l
-4 >u III ATLANTIC, April 10,
n1r most obliging friend, the
,.yeuor of the Falklands,
tie use of his steamyacht
week. that we might make a
-rimage to the place where the
f-.--,taut Missionaries who came
.lrt If the New World died
Siam. lingering death Of starvation.
..., iuvu IN the neighborhood of
...Y. "a one of the hundreds of
sands that fairly crowd
. ....4e waters, at a point appro-
allied starvation Beach"
.. 1uu have heard of Captain
liner. a gallant officer of the
>srt who gave his best years,
.- and finally his life, in fruit
us to improve the social
..adition of the aborigineS
ITS. Being Zealously religi-
., conceived the idea that he
.gou TO go about the world
The Gospel to every crea-
.. .rscuing heather brands
.- aiming. In pursuance of
..r he circumnavigated the
. rmes. He visited the Zulus
.r" africa, the cannibals of
and the tiercest tribes of
-Hote places. At one time,
,ALe companion. he spent a
-.. deserts OF Patagonia; at
...-f utnt on the same errand, he
Wis Htnily to reside in the FAX
.. Stands. which We're then uncol-
.. .ssept as convict station; and
atcl himself to the TERRA del
yainly attempting to estab-
.. -44.y relations with them. His
-5-ou in the inhospitable archi-
- aas on Picton Island; but the
-..H-catlye savageS whose welfare
.-. . ST much at heart plundered him
-.l..-' ing and he was compelled to
save his life Returning to Eng
= s..t9 plous ardor undated though
went all his own fortune with
..s emily accomplishing parti-
. -4al. he went about the country
-- 10 obtain money enough to
ther trial-Which resulted in
- The ninth and last time he
Land on missionary work, he
TX companions to TERRA del
Of whom were as heathen-
himself. They were DR..
A Williams, a London surgeon,
~ up good practice to follow
rous convictions; Mr.. John
...t. d preacher of Liverpool;
Erwin, mechanic. and three
n9atmen. Establishing them
The place now called "Starva-
GrA, they experienced series
nrtunes which soon reduced
Eating mice, decayed fish and
10 sustain life. Meanwhile
Ion mission, under whose aus
- ~ came, paid no attention to
ssities and failed to send the
supplies. After year of
utfering, during which the
o.ty displayed a degree of
Jlthy the martyrs of old,
-l one by one, from slow
..A Curiousiy enough, after
ears, the scene of the tragedy
a~tly visited by representa-
- the same society that allowed
Missionaries to starve-now
'au.y established in the Falk-
l} their schooner in which the
v- made is named the "Allen
.' Every hour of our journey
Was delightful, in spite of snow
sudden gales and frosty
Slowly threading the narrow
tlat wind in every direction
iunumerable islandS-most of
IknOWn bits of volcanic soil,
}hed on any map or chart-the
Mas aWe-inspiring and yet SC
e.U that it was difficult to realize
were only few miles removed
- 1t dreadful waste of water
fNo mighty oceans rush together
eess conflict This portion OF
lei Fuego is wholly unknown tc
ru at large, and unvisited except
yentureSome Sealers, who con
operations to the edges Of the
sands. Here are bits of scenery
'Jeu to which the Thousand
"t ot the st. Lawrence dwindle
ignlticance, Huge precipices
.e eye and mountains covered
SHOWS that have never borne the
Ness Of human foot. Some of the
'..lls nave a strangely notified ap
I."tt-te, owing to Indian fires thai
.a'- burned the foliage off in places
''A- are of clayey formation, Others
'fid with black lava; but most O,
-" are green, velvety and undulating
'''oW passages barely wide enough
noes, though ocean deep, lead of
iN'snHthine fashion nobody knows
between dark rocks and ragged
-- Anon we come upon sheltered