The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-05-01
MYSTERY ISLANDS
Some OF the Worlds Black Spots
That Defy White Men.
HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPLORED.
Their Inhospitsble Shores or Savage
Natives Bar the Way to Those Who
Would Learn Their seerets-Fste Of
Expeditions to Tiburon.

Leaving out of consideration the still
unexplored portions of the arctic ant
antarctic regions-and there are mil
lions Of square miles of them-there
are many spots on this little globe OF
ours that have yet TO become familiar
with the face Of white man and t.
smile or frown upon the fearless and
hardy pathfinder.
New Guinea Is one of the few coun.
tries that still present untrodden fields
for the explorer, but there are nun.
Der of islands that remain mystery to
the world at large and that will proba.
bly, so remain for many years to come.
One OF these isles of mystery is Ii
huron island. where not so long ago an
explorer met his fate. His name was
Wayne. and he is said to have been a
clever mining expert.
Wayne went across to Tiburon in
October. and not a trace has since been
seen Of him. nor is it likely that his
fate will ever be known.
He was warned Of the dangers that
were before him. In spite of offers Of
double pay he could not get a soul to
accompany him. so he crossed Hell's
passage alone and, like all others who
have preceded him. has never come
back.
Tiburon is no lonely island in savage
Melanesia. 1t lies in the gulf Of Cali
fOrnia, separated from the Mexican
mainland by only few miles Of salt
water.
Yet 1t remains one Of the worlds
black spots. 1t has never yet been ex-
plored by white men. Its only inhab.
itants are a tribe Of Indians who, arm.
ed with bows and arrows dipped in
some unknown but deadly poison.
shoot down all who try to land
The expedition Of 1879 vanished into
the interior and was never seen a gain.
and the same fate befelI the party
headed by Professor Miles in 1904.
There is only one other island in all
the world which can match Tiburon.
and that is Malaysia in the Solomons
ht-thut iSs tuC way VI saw
agery. And even in Malayta there are
white men on the coast. valua Bile
plantations of cocOanuts and other
tropical produce have been planted on
the shores Of Malayta. but inland is a
mountainous country covered with
thick bush and inhabited by fierce
tribes of cannibals.
Gold is believed to exist in the in
terror of Malaysia. and more than one
expedition has been organized to search
for the precious metal. But the BUSH
men. who steal noiselessly as serpents
through the tropical forest. have wiped
out every one of the explorers, and
their smoke dried heads decorate the
dark temples in the central mountains
Other islands there are which are as
impregnable as Tiburon and Malayta.
but for different reasons. One such is
Tromelin. lonely spot of land thirty
miles north of Mauritius. 1t is sur
rounded by a terrific rampant of coral
which is fully $50 yards wide. A mile
out on any side Of the island the sea
is from 10000 to $4,000 feet deep The
surf. which always breaks on the
rocky fence of this submarine mOun-
tain top, makes landing practically
impossible.
Yet 1t was here that in 1851 a French
transport was wrecked, and 40 sur
vivOrs out Of over 800 aboard got
ashore alive. or these. seven. all black
women, were rescued in the year 1916.
having by some amazing miracle kept
life In themselves for. space OF ff-
teen months. with no food but shell !
fish and no drink but brackish water.
In the year 1907 that famous navi |,
gator. Henry Hudson. reported the e1
lstence Of a rock island 800 miles east I,
Of Greenland. 1t was named Jan May. |!
en-. That island was never seen again
until the year 1860. when a party OF |
English people, among whom was !
Lord Dufferin, caught glimpse OF IT.
Then II vanished for another fifty |
years. to be seen once more in July.
1910, by the tourists aboard the yacht.
ing liner Oceana.
No one has ever set foot on Jan
,iayen. No one Is ever likely tO. for
10 navigator would Willingly approach
I. 1t is the center of the thickest fogs
IN the surface of this planet. and FROM
me years end TO another usually re-
mains totally invisible.
Bouvet island. in the antarctic. is al
most equally inaccessible. 1t Is the
of II dead volcano. which rises
tceply from immensely deep water.
md il has been sighted only twice
iDce its discovery in lIa9
Once aud once only has man set foot
lpon II. A boat from the German ex-
'loring ship valdivia landed. hut the
eople found exploration impossible.
The rocky sides were not only of APP
'alling steepness. but they We're liter
lily coated with smooth ice. making
matter of impossibility.-
'ealson's Weekly.
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