Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-19
MYSTERY ISLANDS
Some of the Worlds Black Spots
That Defy White Men.
HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPLORED.
Their lnhospitabe Shores or Savage
Natives Bar the Way to Those Who
Would Learn Their Secrets-Fate OF
Expeditions to Tiburon.


Leaving out of consideration the still
nnexplored portions Of the arctic and
antarctic rcgions-and there are mil
lions Of square miles Of them there
are many spots on this little globe of
with the face Of white man and to
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 Il nun.
ber of islands that remain IL mystery to
the world ut 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 l'iburon in
October. and not trace has since been
seen Of him. nor Ia 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 got soul to
accompany him. so he crossed Hell's
passage alone and, like all others who
have preceded him. has never come
back.
ribnron is no lonely islnnd 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 Il 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 ut 1870 vanished into
the interior and was never seen agaiu.
and the same fate hefell the party
headed by Professor Miles III 1904
There Is only one other island in all
the world which can match TiburOn.
and that IN Malayta in the SoloInons
Match it that Is. In the way OF say
Agery. And even III Malaysia there are
white men on the coast Valna BILE
plantations OF cOcO,nutS and other
tropical produce have been planted on
the shores Of Mnlnyta. but inland ia a
| mountainous country covered with
thick bush and inha bited Ivy fierce
tribes OF cunnibnls.
Gold is believed to exist In the In
| terror of Malnyta. 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 rs
impregnnble as Tiburon and Malayta.
but for different REASONS, One such Is
Tromein. Il lonely spot Of land thirty
miles north OF Mauritius. 1t Is sur
rounded by terrific rampant Of coral
which IL fully 15O yards wide. A mile
ont on any side Of the island the sea
is from 10000 to $4,000 feet deep. The
surf. which always breaks OH the
rocky fence of this submarine noun
tain top, makes landing practically
| impossible.
| Yet it wns here that III 1861 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 1776
| hnvin. by some amazing miracle kept
| iife in themselves for Sl'nce OF tif
| teen months, with no food hut shell
| fish and no drink hut brnckiSh water
In the year 1907 that famous navi
gator. Henry Hudson. rep"rted the ex
| iStcnce of II rock island :NAI miles eaat
of Greenland 1t WAS named Jan May
en- That island was never seen again
until the year 1850. when II Imrty Of
English people among whom s7aS
Lord Dutferin. caught II glimpse OF It
Then it vanished for another int!
I years. to he seen once more in July,
| 1910, by the tourists aboard the yacht
Ing liner Oceana.
| No one has ever set foot ON Jah
Mayen No one Ia ever likely to. for
no navigator would willingly approach
It, 1t ia the center OF the thickeSt f"gs
on the surface Of this plnnet. and from
one years end to another usually re-
mains totally invisible =
Ruuvet island. In the antarctic. Ia al
most equally inaccessible 1t In the
summit OF a dead volcano. which rises
steeply from Immensely deep water.
and it has been sighted only twice
since it's discovery in l139
Once and once only has man set foot
upon It, \ boat from the German ex
plorin. ship Valdivin landed. hut the
people found exploration impossible
The rocky sides wore not only of ap
palIing Steepnp>S. tut they were liter
ally coated with smooth ice. making
climbing matter of imp0ssibility.-
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