Garfield County News | 1929-09-13 | Page 7 | Probably Only "Ghost" of Island on Record

probably only ghost of island on record I 1 wits was staying in Ora tava teneriffe with the farally family of the english chelp lain hin there one vea very sultry day he asked me to come up to the flat root roof of the house as he be wished to show roe me something very remarkable finding I 1 tied had strong and far eyesight he asked me to count the islands I 1 could see round the coast of teneriffe und and I 1 found that with grande canary they numbered seven lie ile then re requested q bested me to look through the telescope and name what I 1 could see on the islet beyond raima and aad after I 1 ba had d specified a small palm tree bjorne some low growing trees and a small white hut he e me tile the latest mop map of these islands emch did biot not include tho liland island V biad y t F remarked there were six only with teneriffe the old charts gave this island when Port ceded these islands to spain in 1479 but several years later surveys sent out to locate ideate this island had failed to find it yet it reaps reap i feared from throe toulme to time in some particular state of the lie and Is in fact the ghost of a submerged island loridon london post