The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-12
On the Survey
Sg VI. QUAD
Capyrtgns- Ig1G, by the Mcclure
Newspaper 2yndicars-
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steamer Forward during her two years
OF exploration IN the mouth OF THE
Amazou, and no other field could have
been selected co furnish more daily
adventure.
The Forward carrteft two siz-oound
Cannon as her Armament, and when
loaded drew ouIy fve teer CT warer
We were conveyed from Georgetown,
IN British Guiana, BY uan-dr-war
and A brig, the latter to anchor where
cur captain direcred and remain IA
store ship and haven FOR us IN case
Of disaster
We had steam launch and Cw0
yawIs Cor exploration where the steam
er couIc. noe go and Chere were six Of
ua OUT In the launch Que day making
so1uGtlgs in great bend. when
monsCer crocodile rose 70 the surface
close beside ia. hinged forward and
had biz bend and Que leg over che gun
vale before any one saw him. The
engineer hal aaEcheC within reach,
and with this be gave rhe reptile sIch
q blow "a made him draw OF and sink
GUT Of sight The launch had scarcely
rghCet herself, however, when a fun
dozen move Of cLe saurians rose ca che
attack We should have besn capsigai!
and every man devGursii alive had we
cean n Que Of the Yawls. IA It vas.
We drove ahead full speed and aurran
them, though soule az them pursued Ia
SrYs 40 1-FIs. 1-H IA ~,u s'1
swanaces. WITH the water sriaaheat tnrn
the boat A few days Later, cue after
noon "a the sreaaler came &C aachor II
channel. the anchor ulusr have drop.
ped among a hss. Of sleeping Greco.
dies. They rose all ahcur III. kissing
and splashilg. and chta excitement
brought Up others Until sixty str encr
mous big fellows vera CO De cnuutss!
at one tine. They atrackss. the steam.
er With tie UTMOST fury. and while
their Efforts were harmless their srrug
g,es rocked her al Il size vaa At sea In
gale
On another occasion cue ot these
monsters did US good turu. had
charge Of QUE Of fhe Yawis which Wa
sounding a channel. The men at the
cara were pulling slowly against the
c--rert- while the one handling the
Lead was casting and calling GU: when
ztpI came dart, from the sound it
made. Either Store waJ too far OF for
a DART 70 reach U.s. Over our srarhoar.
bow al We pulled ahead was Ioug
tongue Of land reaching out frnu1 tha
ri9ht hand shore and ending In a pte
Of drtttwooc- The tongue had been ere
atet BY drifting trees grounding 90 the
bottom and the silt collecting TO make
a bar, stood Hp In the boat and took
a long look, bur could see nothing.
Ought TO have been able 60 deeecr even
"a bbtt angw here on that tongIIe or
drift az there we're no bushes, but
nothing whatever was II sight I was
II the Act OF string down, alnaosC SAT
!sfed that we had all been deceiv ct!
when second arrow whIsked 90 close
10 nay cheek that thought bird had
dartet for my eye
Il close cal, sir, and tt was a pol
sonest dart at that" said Que OF the then
a. I dropped back to my seat. The in
fernaI wretch must be in that drift
wood, though cant see him added
the man with the lead line
We held the boat stationary and pre-,
pared TO signal to the steamer, which
was a mile below. when all Of sud
den a fifteen FOOT crocodile landed 90
the tongue Of land and began crawling
toward the drfftwood He had iIsr
reached the pile when a native who
had been skiIfulIy concealed rose Up
with cr7 Of despair. He had reed
or olowgun h his hands, and be made
frantic motions 20 "a to save him. We
were consulting what 20 do when the
crocodile made a rush. drove him OF
the pile and followed after TO catch
Aim IN the water. AZ We "a " nothing
Of the man after that. we felt positive
Of his horrible fate. though ne had ~
sympathy 10 waste
The !aguar Of the Amazon Il also
called cougar. puma and panther
and be seems 70 be one and the same
beast. no matter what the name be
IL 1.-THE. fierce and vigilant and an en-
eny TO be dreaded by even the best
armed man. We often saw punas on
the shore or crouched In trees a nd now
and then floating past u on driftina
logs, and their far reaching cries were
always 10 be heard at night II We lay
within mile Of the Jungle The only
man Of "a killed In the two years
met bis fate az the hands Of iaguat
and under singular circumstances
We had landed on the right hand
shore and then paid out our rope cabl.
By which we were fast to a tree to b.
safe from a cave-in during the night
The anchor watch for the night con
sisted Of only one man. relieved at IN
fervals Of four hours.
The man who went on at midllgh
had been on duty only half an hon
when a cavern took place. A strip n
the bank. which was four feet abov
water when We turned in dropped {
the river. and with II the tree TO whicl
we were fast The tree fell direct
over the bows OF the boat. but only It
top coming aboard. and that vithOu
doing any great damage. We hear
the mans shouts Of alarm. but befor
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