New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-07

the gangla ran down and the dreadful things
were still.
SOME day. when have a better desk than
~ a meat tin. and more helpful tools than
a worn stub Of pencil and a last tattcrcl
notebook, | will write some fuller account OF
the Accala Indians, Of our life among them,
and Of the gimpscS we had OF the strange
conditions Of wondrous Maple White Land.
Memory, at least, will never fail me; tor so
long as the breath of life is in me every hour
and every action Of that period VIII 'taild
out as hard and clear rs DO the first strange
happening, Of our childhood. No ne" m
preston, could cfTacc those which are 50
deeply cut.
When the time comes, will describe that
wondrou, moonlit night upon the great lake
when a young ichthyosauru5- strange
creature. half seal, half fish, 70 look at, with
bonc-coycrcd eyes on each side OF ms 7noul'
and third eye fixed upon the top oil Ill,
hcad-was cntanglcd in an Indian net, ana
nearly upset our canoe before we toWcd II
ashore; the same night that a green water,
snake shot ont from the PUSHES and carried
of in il, coil, the stccrsman OF Challenger
canoe.
| will tell. too, Of the great, nocturnal
white thing-to this day we DO not know
whether it was beast or reptile when IiFcI
in vile swamp to the east Of the lake, ana
fitted about with faint phosp
qlimmcr IN the darkness. The Indians were
80 terrified Of it that they would not go near
the place: and, though we twice mace cA-
pcIitions and saw it each time, we could not
make our way through the deep marsh III
which II lived can only say that 1t Sceiilci
| 10 be larger than Il cow and had the StrangcaJ
musky odor. 49,,
| will tell also Of the huge bird when
chased Challenger to the shelter OF the rocks
one dav.-a great. running bird, far taller
than an ostrich. with a vulturcIlkc neck ana
cruel head which made it walking death.
As Challenger climbed to safety, one dart Of
that savage, curving bcak shOrcd oil the hccI
Of his boot As if it had been cut with a chScI.
This time at least modern weapons pre-
vailed, and the great creature twelve lee,
from head to foot PhororhaCus It's name,
according to our painting but cXuItant pro-
fcssor) went down before Lord RoNtpn
rifle in furry Of waving feathers ana KICK
| ing limbs, with two rcmorscIcSS, yellow eyes
glaring up from the midst Of It. May I'VE
| to see that hattcncd, vicious skull IN IT'S own
niche amid the trophies Of the Albany.
Finally will surely give some account OF
the toxodon, the giant, tcn-toot guinea. pig
with projecting chiscl teeth, which we killed
as it drank in the gray Of the morning by the
side Of the lake.
All thi, will some day write at fuller
length. and amid these more stirring days !
would tcnlcrlv sketch in these lovely sum-
mcr evenings when, with the dccp-bIuc SKY
above rs. We lay in good comraicship among
the long grasses by the wood and marvcIed
at the strange fowl which swept over Us and
the quaint new creatures which crcp, from
their burrows to watch Us. while above Il,
the bough, were heavy with luscious irwt
and below Us strange and lovely flowers
pcrpcl IL rs from among the heritage; or
those long, moonlit nights when We lay out
upon the ,himmcriug surface Of the great
lake and watched with wonder and awe the
huge circles ripping out from the sudden
pMsh of some fantastic monster, or the
grrnn y CLEAN far down in the deep water
IF some strange creature upon the confines
..tar'.u.., These are the scenes which my
mind anil my pen will dwell upon IN every
detail ~ some future day.
RUT. Won will ask, why these experiences
- AMI why mi. delay when you and your
.,mr.f.. should have been occupied day
and nigh, ~ 'ho ieyi-,uE o. some means by
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