Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-31


idoeta this. I
I .'Aitcr five weeks spent along the
'eoast Of the surrounding countries,
aporg the islands already mentioned
land off against the shores of I.abra- +
der va sailed away with a food Of
golden memories
'S1he barkentine Kingdom ran onto
! Mud Island near Cape Sable and was
badly damaged, but repaired at nj
nearby port and was soon back in
commission, following the Corenet
Sailing along the Nova Scotia coast
Il line galc struck the Coronet, one
terrific biilow breaking = great iron
daVit and causing our life boat to
break loose For hours the yacht her
self WAS in imminent peril our SKY
flights began To smash and but Tor the /
fact that the Jaws of the main boom
Eeaueht in the fore sheet before it |
broke away the loom would have been
driven through the long skylightl
Iamidship5. Had this skylight gone it
would have taken only wave or two
To cause the yacht 30 founder. We
have not ceased 10 shudder whenever
we thinis of our experiences that wild t
night off Cape Sable.
christmas night saw the shores
Ief America receding from view, and
We We're on the great waters once
more, en- route for the west shores of
Africa via the Canary Islands The
| Kingdom was 10 follow us next day.
During our voyage, which averaged
about l00 miles Il day. we experienced
three tremendous storms, two of
which We're exceedingly menaeing 10
our safety. 1t seemed like one dizzy
round of something happening.
Fine crew Mas kept constantly at
work repairing breaks and stengthen-
ing the rigging. the men often risk
ing their lives to clear away the
Iwreckdge IN the second storm we
lest cur jipboom | assembled the rig |
ginG and the sight as / looked back a
the tuInultuous waves bearing down
On the little craft was enough To make
enc sick With apprehension. | have
sailed on many seas, and seen some
fearful sights. but / must confess that
| had no desire Ia remain gazing upon
the ominous scene spread out around
| me.
AT last above the blue stretching
before us appeared the purple haze of
the mountain peak OF La Palma,
the most beautiful of the Canares
/
Iinacee ssible island of There, the peo-
pie of which are noted for their abil-
lty to converse by whstling. And
now. looming up into the heavens, far
above the clouds, towers the famous
lpeak of Teneriffe, more than 12,o00 feet
high We sailed to the Isle Of Co
mera, the governor of which used us
very courteously. When we came
closer to Teneriffe what should we see
but the bakentine Kingdom.
The two vessels then coasted slow
lily along the south coast of Grand Ca
mary and later sailed in close along
the shores of Fuerta Ventura. Thence
to the eastward we sailed off to the
eastward of Cape JUDY.
The next group of voyages takes us
from Cape JUDY 1000 miles along the
coast of Great Sahara and the Soudan.
We first made cur way along the
coast of the Great Sahara, the three
and one-half millions of people scat
, tered over its vast expanse attracting
, our whole souled attention. The en-
tire party was deeply Interested as
, We studied the condition of these peo
pie and made ihtercession for their
eternal interests. On one occasion,
our motives misunderstood. We Were
pursued by banG of moors and
speedily betook ourselves % the boats.
We found many new kinds of fish
as we coasted southwark We es-
pecially valued the sea salmon, and
almost pulled over the side of the boat
one which is estimated to have meas
ured seven feet in length. The wo-
men and children found great sport
fishing for sea trout. which were as
. gameN as the trout Of our nothern
Maine lakes. one of the women was
thigh line in the days fishing. which
: yielded such results that the tables of
the salmon were piled i:igh and re-
semhled nothing SO much as Il fish
market. We followed the coast of Sa-
nara its entire length, to Cape Blaneo.
Both ships visited the Cape Verde
Islands where water from the noun
tain tops vas secured, together with
some of the NEST delicious oranges
ever found in our great journeys to
many lands.
Returning to the coast of Africa
which is the SUudan, the catastrophe
which ended the barkentine Kingdom
active days overlook us, and i'll JUS
tice to Capt A. x. Perry who was in
| command, word is due. He was
| unable 10 secure charts Oh the entrance
to the river Gambia. y large estuary
lies at the mouth Of this river into
which several other rivers How. There
are two sets of buoys, Is miles apart,
but the information furnished to Capt.
Perry mentioned only one set. As
the Kingdom reached the coast north
Of the entire estuary in the vicinity
of Cape Verde, and then ran south
ward along the coast, it came to the
first set Of buoys and Capt Perry
naturally thought we had fouad the
entrance to the Gambia. He faithfully
followed directions given him, hut
instead of being Is miles southwark
where the proper buoys We're located
he followed the entrance to differ
ent river and struck a sandbar. Tie
barkentine remained intact two days
and then broke in two
The Coronet meantime had found
the other set of buoys and had no
difficulty in making the entrance.