Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-21
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Cr{kded as the world seems to
be getting, Robinson Crusoe could
find haven today, and he would
not ave to resort to the polar re-
gior3 either. !.
- Numerous islands still dot the
seaJwhere avisitor would find no
!. living soul, and there are others
Whkre the inhabitants are living
in almost primitive simplicity"
Z says a bulletin from the Washing
tph headquarters of the National
Geographic society.
Nor is it necessary for you
to choose a plot of land belong
ing to any other country than the
United States. There is Bakers
island, 3,725 miles out from San
Francisco, as well as many other
such isolated dots in the Pacific,
where there will be no chance of
getting even faithful Friday to
where there will be no chance of
share your lot. Vessels used to
haul guano from the island, but
today the deposits are practically
worked out. If you feel that you
must have your wife somewhere
in the offing you can send her Oh
TO Rowland island, 25 miles to
the westward, an equally deserted
spot, and row over to see her
when you get bored with your
freedom.
Tanning island might interest
"a less exclusive individual. This
.elysium lies in the mid-Pacfic
about 235 miles north of the equa-
tor, is of atoll formation, and is
thickly covered with ,cocoanut
trees. There is a fair harbor on
,the southwest side out of which
its 200 men and women ship their
.copra. Pearl oysters are to be
found in the lagoon, poultry and
cattle can be procured, the fish
ARE plentiful and excellent, and
,sh"t duck Snipe and e"r'ew may be
"A British cruiser late in 1920
visited a spot which has had only
one other caller at her port since
sJuly, 1919. This isolated place is
Tristan da Cunha, said to be the
loneliest spot. in the British en-
~pire. The island, which is of vol
scanic origin, towers to height
cof 5000 feet above sea level in the
ssouth Atlantic. SO thoroughly
has the never-worry creed taken
,,its hold upon the people that the
men , move in a istless fashion,
only Bestirring themselves enough
ITO keep from starving, and let the
: women do what work there is to
jibc done. There are only 1l9 i'll
,habitants on the island living i'll
its % stone thatched rooted hous
es. Their wood is that which
drifts into them on the tide, they
raise potatoes as the food staple,
: they make their moccasins of soft
bullock hide, they obtain Il few
clothes from an occasional ship
which calls there in exchange for
geese. fowls. milk, sheep, eggs and
~ cured albatross and penguin
skins, and for months in success
sion they do without bread, tea,
D coffee and sugar. The people are
fast deteriOrating In type. due to
interbreeding.
"The nearest inhabited island
10 Tristan da Cunha is St. Helena.
O. NapoleOnic fame. This rugged
hit of earth rises out of the south
Atlantic 1000 miles from the
nearest part of the African coast.
Before the days of the Suez canal
it had some commercial import
;ance, but today its excellent har.
hor shelters vessels only while
they are coaling. It's 10000 in
habitants enjoy most equable
climate, the mean temperature
,Tanghig throughout the whole
year from 65 to II degrees.
a bit of land in the Pacific