| Show DRIEU UP ON AN ISLAND four sailors actually cremated by solar meat uncle kobert villiam quimby of lewiston pays abat be baa traveled trave ltd in all the warm countries of the aloba and that be baa been n the coldest latitudes he does not think abat we have eccli very hot weather it people would make provisions for the hot days as they do in india he thinks we should not notice it much bit baye he the warmest weather that I 1 experienced wai on a mall island called johns biscuit off cape gracias oa the coast of the elizabeth jennie on which I 1 wiled IQ from portland to there for water and a boata crew went ashore for it it was a little volcanic Tol canic island and awful dry and hot we know whether there would be any water there or not but we did find a spring with a stream as largo as a broom handle pouring out all the time and do you believe me the water was dried up and soaked up before it bad run four feet in the sand the place wae covered with dry trees and a little distance away as what looked like a hut a habitation for mai we went in and found the shrunken remains of foor men sailors probably oho had died in one to judae from appear ancee one leaning the wall in a bitting position there was dry food on the table dry meat in a box and etry thing was burn mi dry A letter in the pocket of one man was dated liverpool 1846 and on the was bottle with a note in it evidently intended to bo cast adrift it said they were tour english beamen marooned by the captain left to die the note was dated and I 1 suppose they had been there dead in that nut for over thirty years and they mutt have died of beat one day and dried up we left them whore we found them |
