The Washington times., 1936-08-31

coastline that was bathed by the
sea on all its perimeter!
And so fell those plans to go to-
ward the east to find salvation in
another direction! Briant had
been right, Doniphan wrong! The
sea surrounded this land. 1t
was an island! And that is why
Francois Baudom had not been
able to leave it!
The general outline Of the island
had been reproduced rather &C
curately on the map. Certainly
the lengths could only. have been
noted by estimation of the time
taken to go over them, and not by
measures of trigonometry. But
from what the boys already knew
of the land between Slough Bay
and the lake, the errors were not
important. The CaStaWay had
gone over all the island, since he
had noted the principal geographic
details and, without doubt, the
"ajoupa," and the cauSeway were
his work.
The island, drawn by Francois
Baudoin, ives oblong and re-
sembled an enormous butterfly
with outstretched wings, narrowed
in its central parts between Slough
Bay and another bay in the east.
A third one, much more open, was
in the south. A like 18 miles long
and 5 miles wide was framed by
forests. This explains why the
boys, who had arrived on it's west
ern shore, were unable to see the
other banks and why they had mis-
taken it for the sea. Several rivers
came out of the lake, including the
one that flowed by the cave, and
emptied into Slough Bay.
The only fairly important height
appeared to be the cliff at the
right bank of the river. The north
ern region was indicated as arid
and sandy, while beyond the river
stretched an immense marsh
which heightened out to pointed
cape towards the south. Long lines
Of dunes in the northeast and the
southeast gave the coasts there an
aspect different to that Of SIoughi
Bay.
The scale on the map showed
that the island was about so miles
in its greatest width from west to
east. Its circumference probably
was about $50 miles.
This, then, was the habitation
imposed on the boy castaways.
Since the cave offered an excellent
shelter, it would be wise to move
there before winter storms demol-
iShed the schooner.
Three days had passed since the
four boys had left the Slough.
Gordon would be fearful that
something had happened to them.
The boys decided that they
would start back about II o'clock
that same morning. The map in
Dictated that the shortest way to
follow the right bank Of the little
river which ran from east to west.
1t was about seven miles to the
bay and they could get across that
in few hours.
Before going, the four young
boys rendered the last duty to the
French caStaWay.
A grave was dug at the very
foot of the tree on which Francois
Baudoin had carved his initials,
and a wooden cross marked the
place.
The boys then closed the en-
trance to the cave so that animals
could not get inside; ate what was
left of the provisions, and started
along the right bank of the river.
With the idea that the river could
be used to communicate between
the lake and Slough Bay, Briant
examined it carefully. He found
that for three miles from the lake,
the river seemed to be navigable.
About 4 o'clock in the after
noon, the way along the river had
to be abandoned, for the right
bank was cut by large, soft quag-
mire. 1t was decided to cut across
the forest.
Two miles we're covered under
firing conditions. The boys cut
their way across the dense under
wood until the sun went down, but
about 7 o'clock they felt certain
that they were lost.
(TO Be COntinued)
Translation from the original "Deux
Ans de Vacances." copyright, 1875, by
| Celesta Hamer-J ackson; distributed by
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