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Show ' . . i -i 'jjjjjjjjjH INLAND 3C TRISTAN D'ACUNMA, IH Where Human Beings Live a Life of lfl Utmost Isolation. H Ono of tho moat Isolated colonies H of civilized human beings on tho faca fH of tho earth Is Mint on tho Island ol H Tristan d'Acunhn, which lies almost 'H midway botwecn tho Capo ot Good flll IIopo and Capo Horn. This lonoly jH island lies In such a position that It jDII misses both eastern and western ships ll and tho Islanders receive only tho HH rnroBt visits from a whaler and occa- H alonnlly from a British warship. Tho jH Inhabitants numbor about seventy and H are descendants of sailors, castaway. H nnd a handful of soldiers loft on tho H Island whon It wns garrlsonod by n ,-jH company of British artillery during H tho time of tho great Bontparte's ex- H Ho at St. Holonn. When T. C. Kerry, M a British capitalist, vlsttod Tristan twclvo years ago he found a sailor H ramed Green Installed ns tho chief H mnn. Tho Islanders have no laws, M church or money, but thoy have plen H ty of cattlo and raise potatoes and H oven grapes. Grain they cannot raise, j ns this Island Is Infested with rats. jH Tho peoplo aro coarse skinned nnd rather childish In manner, but very honost and hardworking. H i |