The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-23
End or 4 SOUTH SEA SEARCH
COLD FILLED TOOTH TOLD OF
AN EXPLORERS FATE.

Qon An0nB NOV. uosnfe S
-Exact Justice Of . Malay Cnief'
In such spots OF remote earth 40 Thursday
Island no delay IL involved In preparation
fer suoh an expedition Al that 'proposed
In search Of tho foolish amateur ex-
plorer Forrest. The men who discussed
his fate on tho yeranda Of the Currency Lass
Mt Port Kennedy had vessels ~convenient
for the purpose. AL thess pearlers a
shelters and trepang fishers were aocus-
toned In the days work. 70 cruising on
the very edge Of things and then beyond
and 10 them 1t did not appear muohIol q
venture to essay the chances OF the Fly
River and its muddy course through the
dark jungies Of New Guinea, the ragged
horizon OF their daily view TO the north.
The announced determination OF the
Dyak Hassan to. 70 IN search Of the two
men Of his people who had gone UP the
river with Forrest served but to bring
to quicker resolve The willingness OF the
European captains to take up the work.
That Carstairs became the leader was the
natural result Of the fact thst he was n
only one who knew the missing young
Epelishman at all we'll. Furthermore his
schooner was particularly well fitted for
euch a cruise. and the Fiji boys who conn
posed his crew were ready and willing 70
fight In any cause which their captaif, might
take UP.
for this expedition that II could DO accom-
and the Malay prahu might have. sailed
al daybresk had, it not been for b fact
that as their course involved nc, little
casting Torres Strait was locked In tnat
direction until the sun shoSid- pass 70 tne
---.-l - hF-n@rfAtap OntK with thA
sun behind them could the pilots SEQ the
coral patches through which their way
must be threaded.
At noon the population Of Port Kennedy
was on the beach 70 SEQ the sdyeneurers
soon, under way and working out through
the well known channels OF the harD0r,
and in the; early afternoon the giAsses
brought to bear upon the northern eea
from the Currency hass allowed schooner
great island and what 1t might reveal.
The return Of tho expedition vas -
prompt as its starting. On the tenth day
the two vessels ,wero sighted IN the Dawn
standing In for port, and the Meieys On
the beach through some mystery Of signals
geance wrought for the loss Of their brothers.
White men soon learn TO place reliance on
this sort Of Conformation, for 10 % Recognised
that news spreads fast smong shsse tslsn aS
ems DY mSNu8 WGt0u SiIO ohVti1CA hSFAH
When the vessels had come 10 anohor
Carstairs and Strangways lost no time on
the beach. but went at onoe TO the eftpen.
| diary magistrate and left With him q small
time Carrying a larger bundle. slid through
! the throng and 30 into tho Malay settie..
ment, whenoe. soon arose q mighty howl
mingled with strong shouts and tho beat
From the discharge Of their duty to tbs
representatve Of law and the machinery
| 81 order the two white men . to the
| veranda OF the Currency Lass.
Got your man, ! hear said Jones. the
trepans iisher. .st least-a...
replied the oopra buyer. I'VE might not
have found anything at all II II hadn't been
for the keen eye Of Capt. strangways. he
sBosh.. said s~transvays. 4 should
keen eye II II hadn't been for Carstais and
bis Fiji hoys. They cleared the ground
and took alIthe fight out Of . mighty fnsky
crowd Of. Frixxles mp theec IN the biacS
woods After that everything WA easy;
! then somebody waS sure 10 find IL II he
| kept on looking long enough
sStrangways seems 70 want to convey
the impression that he ives q member OF the
.,;a &c ci sss, in b = sSnd. i.: :G as;,. a aiifsssnt
IRON that. He. found It, but it wesn't
merely by walking around and LOOKING
| for It, He went after it with g big club.
| aIi first he had to get that club away from
q most vioiously active colored senteman
Strangwaysb~ attention -.
Suppose you tell us the story siid
Jones, the trepang fisher. 1t was your boat,
Mr.. Carstsirs. Suppose you tel, tho story.
s aSs.n Tsi int ss1 saa' ss,' a he'd them.
Amy Of you ever put into the Fly delta!-
the copra buyer asked.
sIndeei. yes. just once replied Jones.
Il had cleaned up q reef lying just ohshore
at a big island up there, named Kiwai. for
trepang grows where you find 1t and you
always have TO keep looking.
$50. sir. I stood In for this island. and
that was. my one experienoe In the delta
a aboe Aa the ' oonsfssenoy o. sfilIy. th.s.' i
was hard and fast. 70 my dying day RI
swear I wasn't aground. ] was just stuck
In the water, which was too thick to sail
Sounded all around with the lead and
with poles. You could rave all the fathoms
you wanted II you only waited long enough.
Never saw such mud nor 30 much Of II.
e I was a h~ydrographio officer making q
about two feet Of water With eight miles Of
mud beneath IL.
sNot being such a person. I got out the
boats-fortunately there wal water enough
to float them-and pulled the schooner out;
and I want no more Fly River
That's just about tho worst mud to
be found IN the delta. right there at Kiwai..
went on he oopra buyer. THAT Malay
Hassan seems to ave been investigating
tho river for some reasons Of his own and
he took US past Kiwai close to the south
shore Of the delta at q place they call Mibn
There was just enough vster for us and
no current.
"A few miles upstream. about where the
river opens out to form the delta, We found Q
| native settlement which they called Ada
gositia. There we found ono Of the Fnxzlies
who had started with Forrest whom he ieft
here.
'This boy gould petter beach Ia mar and
We recruited him for an interpreter up
river. After some little coaxing Of . coed
hard sort he managed 70 tell u that he had
left Forrest at the next big camp upstream.
q place called Tsgota. The chief had pulled
him out Of the boat. robbed him Of HE ges-
| pipe mdsket and put ono Of his own mon
Into. tho boat In his stead.
That didn't look promising for Forrest,
| N va natahsd' ahead n; mint \ faU p{lnS