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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: In Search of El Dorado - A Wanderer's Experiences - -Author: Alexander MacDonald - -Release Date: December 1, 2012 [EBook #41530] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN SEARCH OF EL DORADO *** - - - - -Produced by Matthias Grammel, Greg Bergquist and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41530 ***</div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="465"> @@ -181,7 +141,7 @@ and 2 Maps. Demy 8vo, cloth, <b>21s.</b> net.</p> <p style="text-indent:-1em; margin-left:2em;">By <span class="smcap">J. A. Harvie-Brown</span>, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., Author of "Fauna of the Moray Basin," "A Vertebrate Fauna of Orkney," &c.,&c. With 4 Maps and many Illustrations. 2 vols. Royal 8vo, -cloth, <b>£3 3s.</b> net.</p> +cloth, <b>£3 3s.</b> net.</p> </blockquote> @@ -1129,7 +1089,7 @@ submit to wholesale robbery. A loud shout at our back made us both turn with alacrity, and behold there stood Mac with his long Winchester repeater levelled fairly at Soapy Samuel's head. The wily individual had scented -danger, and had made a <i>détour</i> expressly for my +danger, and had made a <i>détour</i> expressly for my benefit.</p> <p>"Say when," he murmured calmly, from behind his @@ -2708,7 +2668,7 @@ the powdered snow and blown ice on the main river. No white man, at this time, had explored the head waters of the Klondike. In the earlier season I had attempted the task, but was repelled by the deep gorges and grim -cañons that marked the river's channel for many miles +cañons that marked the river's channel for many miles when near an outlying spur of the "Rockies." Now we forced a trail far beyond my furthest travel, tracing here and there the track of the old chief's sleigh where the @@ -2722,7 +2682,7 @@ and badly-blown patches. For once they were forced to march in silence, for their mouths were sealed as if by iron bands.</p> -<p>The Grand Cañon was entered soon after midday, and +<p>The Grand Cañon was entered soon after midday, and the majestic powers of old King Frost had so metamorphosed the dark gorge that we made our trail over the frozen torrent almost nervously. The great stalactites @@ -2735,7 +2695,7 @@ oppressive calm, broken only by the dull rumble of the rushing torrent full fifty feet below.</p> <p>It is impossible to picture the grandeur of an Alaskan -cañon when the elements hold it in thrall; there is +cañon when the elements hold it in thrall; there is nothing like it in the whole world. Nevertheless, we were not sorry when we emerged into the comparatively open country beyond, and picked up afresh the track of @@ -3257,7 +3217,7 @@ nearer the dreaded pass. Our daily march since leaving the northern capital had rarely fallen below twenty-eight miles, until the unfrozen White Horse Rapids had stayed our advance and caused us to make a wide -<i>détour</i>; but now, do what we might in our semi-famished +<i>détour</i>; but now, do what we might in our semi-famished condition, we could barely travel twenty miles in as many hours, and full eighty miles yet intervened between us <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span> @@ -3652,7 +3612,7 @@ offered, for nothing but absolute blackness surrounded us.</p> <p>Somewhat mystified I struck a sulphur match and held it aloft, and by its sputtering flame I saw before me a -10 × 12 tent, on the roof of which was painted in huge +10 × 12 tent, on the roof of which was painted in huge black letters, "N.W.M.P."</p> <p>"We certainly have got it," I said with much @@ -3937,7 +3897,7 @@ rapidly, and with them came fresh blasts that whistled across the white lake surface, and tore it into heaving swells even as we looked. I prayed for light, but the gloom deepened and the snow fell thicker and faster. -At length we reached the cañon leading to Crater Lake, +At length we reached the cañon leading to Crater Lake, and with every nerve strained we fought our way forward literally foot by foot. The snow-wreaths here were of extraordinary depths, and several times my companions @@ -4093,7 +4053,7 @@ we dreaded the discovery we were about to make.</p> <p>"Keep the fire alight as a guide to us, Mac," I said, and Stewart and I went out into the storm. And now Dave's deep-mouthed barks penetrated the dense mists, -and we crawled towards the cañon in the direction of the +and we crawled towards the cañon in the direction of the sound; but we had not far to go. A few yards from our retreat I felt Dave's furry body at my knees, and then my hand came in contact with a human form half buried in @@ -4169,7 +4129,7 @@ last, and no words of mine can describe the inferno that raged on that dread summit. We lay flat on our faces and writhed our way forward through a bubbling, foaming mass of snow and ice. Our bodies were cut and -bruised with the flying <i>débris</i>, and our clothing was torn +bruised with the flying <i>débris</i>, and our clothing was torn to rags. The blizzard had now attained an extraordinary pitch, the mountain seemed to rock and tremble with its fury, and inch by inch we crawled towards the perpendicular @@ -4185,7 +4145,7 @@ depths beyond.</p> dangerous degree, and I realised that we must make the descent from some other part of the semicircular ridge. We crept back hurriedly, and as we stood gasping in the -"cauldron" before making a <i>détour</i> to find a possible +"cauldron" before making a <i>détour</i> to find a possible trail, a mighty rumbling shook the pass, and we clutched at the snow around, which flew upwards in great geyser-like columns, almost smothering us in its descending @@ -4296,7 +4256,7 @@ system. So we arrived, after a long night's misery, dusty and travel-stained. No one attempts to keep clean in the land of "Sand, sin, and sorrow," for the simple reason that, according to the nature of things there, such a -luxurious state of æsthetic comfort can never be attained. +luxurious state of æsthetic comfort can never be attained. The streets were sandy, and as a natural sequence the atmosphere was not of ethereal quality. The people were sandy and parched-looking, and we found the interior of @@ -4929,7 +4889,7 @@ in giving him back his own. Yet still he hesitated.</p> think I could do much damage to the ground by myself. Might I come in with you?"</p> -<p>This was a <i>dénoûement</i> I had not anticipated, though +<p>This was a <i>dénoûement</i> I had not anticipated, though in some unaccountable manner I felt drawn to the stranger; still, the vision of his coat-tails fluttering in the wind could not be dispelled.</p> @@ -6264,7 +6224,7 @@ failed to hold his audience spellbound.</p> <p>Emu Bill, though recognised by all as the most experienced miner present, rarely condescended to spin a <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[Pg 129]</a></span> -yarn, and he listened to his <i>confrères'</i> tales with ill-concealed +yarn, and he listened to his <i>confrères'</i> tales with ill-concealed impatience, but showed a decided liking for my two warriors' romances. One evening, however, he broke his reserve and proceeded to give a rambling survey of his @@ -6272,7 +6232,7 @@ wanderings, and as he warmed to his subject his eyes began to glow, and his gestures became eloquent and impassioned.</p> -<p>"Yes, boys," said he, winding up a <i>resumé</i> of his +<p>"Yes, boys," said he, winding up a <i>resumé</i> of his exploits in various parts of Australia, "I calc'late I hev had a fair-sized experience o' gold mining in my time, an' as ye may guess, I hevn't allus come out right end up, @@ -7032,7 +6992,7 @@ them a general title, namely, "tinned dog."</p> <p>Tinned dog and flour are, indeed, the sum total of the Australian explorer's needs. The traveller in the great "Never Never" land is not an epicure by any means, -and should he be burdened by over-æsthetic tastes they +and should he be burdened by over-æsthetic tastes they quickly vanish when "snake sausage" or "bardie pie" has appeared on his <i>menu</i> for some days!</p> @@ -7445,7 +7405,7 @@ near to it; some were probably the remains of kangaroos killed by the natives, of whom there were numerous signs in the neighbourhood, but Phil insisted that not a few human bones were among the bleaching mass. At -the bottom of the spring the complete vertebræ of several +the bottom of the spring the complete vertebræ of several snakes and similar reptiles almost wholly covered the chalky, impervious base, but how these came to be there was a matter beyond my comprehension.</p> @@ -8116,7 +8076,7 @@ ancient crater in which Mac lay entombed. They had come to worship the great spirit Wangul, the dreaded "Dweller in the Waters."</p> -<p>The <i>dénoûement</i> of this interesting ceremonial was +<p>The <i>dénoûement</i> of this interesting ceremonial was rapid and unexpected. Just when the reeling warriors had ceased their vocal exercise from sheer want of breath, when the ensuing silence was broken only by @@ -10280,7 +10240,7 @@ story afore me."</p> <p>This was in a manner true, and sometimes when Bill, as Hoskins the American said, was "long-winded in getting to the point," we had but to look at Ted's face -for the <i>dénoûement</i>.</p> +for the <i>dénoûement</i>.</p> <p>"But how vas it you came away unt leave all dat opal? There must be millions there," our German friend would @@ -10510,7 +10470,7 @@ were fast doing so.</p> had heard exaggerated reports concerning the find of the "forty-four," and had arranged among themselves to beat <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_229" id="Page_229">[Pg 229]</a></span> -down the prices of the opal to £4 an ounce. It, therefore, +down the prices of the opal to £4 an ounce. It, therefore, surprised them to find the days passing and no one offering to sell any opal; and one morning two of their fraternity repegged Satan's abandoned claim, evidently @@ -10655,7 +10615,7 @@ kindly, disinterested offer of Satan's two benefactors."</p> Bill.</p> <p>"Yes," answered the Parson grimly. "Satan's opal -was worth £8,000."</p> +was worth £8,000."</p> <p>Next morning the two Hebrews came out from town a full hour earlier than usual, and without more ado the @@ -11022,7 +10982,7 @@ fortune, and straightway proceeds to cut a path into some unknown river valley.</p> <p>The famous Yodda Valley, where men at first made -fifty ounces of gold (equivalent to £180 per day), was +fifty ounces of gold (equivalent to £180 per day), was discovered in such manner, and if the stories of some of the prospecting parties who crossed New Guinea in all directions were given to the world, doubtless a "rush" @@ -11216,7 +11176,7 @@ a tinge of port wine danced according to the manner in which the stone was held.</p> <p>"I don't care," he replied. "I is a gold-miner, an' I -knows that every ounce of gold is worth £3 17s. 6d.; but +knows that every ounce of gold is worth £3 17s. 6d.; but that is darned stuff only Jews will buy, and I'll throw them away if you don't want them."</p> @@ -11405,7 +11365,7 @@ pouch; "aboot hauf a pun', I think."</p> <p>"Lor, Scottie! Does ye mean——?"</p> <p>"Eight ounces exactly," I announced. "Mac has -made £30 for one day's work."</p> +made £30 for one day's work."</p> <p>"Scodland for ever!" shouted Kaiser from the midst of a cloud of native tobacco-smoke, and the others echoed @@ -11623,7 +11583,7 @@ along the slope. Descending with difficulty into the valley, and following up the course of an old water-channel, we found a heterogeneous deposit of zircons, sapphires, topazes, and many other gemstones amidst -the <i>débris</i> of an extinct blowhole. We gathered some +the <i>débris</i> of an extinct blowhole. We gathered some <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_254" id="Page_254">[Pg 254]</a></span> of what appeared to be the best, intending to find out their value at the earliest possible opportunity. The @@ -11682,12 +11642,12 @@ a week after we landed at Samarai, and eight days more found us in Sydney.</p> <p>Here two Hebrew gentlemen offered Sam and Kaiser -a £10 note for our entire stock of gem-stones. In +a £10 note for our entire stock of gem-stones. In consequence of this generous offer (!) and the fact that his great height afforded an easy means of identification, we had to send Sam rather hurriedly to Melbourne. We eventually restored peace, however, by selling our stones -to the afore-mentioned individuals for £80; and since +to the afore-mentioned individuals for £80; and since then Aaron K. has informed me that one stone alone, when cut into four parts and polished, fetched fifty-three sovereigns.</p> @@ -11876,7 +11836,7 @@ plenty of time to catch the old <i>Bulimba</i>, and for my own part I'm not very anxious whether she sails south without us or not."</p> -<p>I marvelled at this strange <i>dénoûement</i>, but said +<p>I marvelled at this strange <i>dénoûement</i>, but said nothing, and together we entered the hotel they had so recently vacated. Within the five minutes following our advent into the gilded "saloon bar," I had become @@ -12183,7 +12143,7 @@ wandered, English Bob and I had become fast friends during our brief sojourn together. Concerning his past I did not inquire, having already learned that the grim gum-land swallows up many of life's tragedies; but day -by day I expected a dread <i>dénoûement</i>. The newspaper +by day I expected a dread <i>dénoûement</i>. The newspaper paragraph still haunted me; my mind was filled with conflicting doubts and fears. The motley assembly who formed our neighbours near and distant were a @@ -12202,7 +12162,7 @@ of the spear the spongy soil was easily penetrated, and the presence of any gum strata localised at once, after which the spade came into play. The value of the crude material thus brought to the surface was no mean figure, -ranging from £50 to £70 a ton.</p> +ranging from £50 to £70 a ton.</p> <p>This morning we had been exceptionally fortunate, Long Ted spearing a huge block of the gelatinous @@ -12424,11 +12384,11 @@ and the most modern diving-dresses, although among the South Pacific Islands beach-combing is still another name for piracy and slave-raiding. Strangely enough, the pearls do not now form the chief support of the industry. -Nevertheless, some are frequently found worth £100 and -upwards, and many of a value of £10, while from that +Nevertheless, some are frequently found worth £100 and +upwards, and many of a value of £10, while from that sum downwards to 1s. for a thousand the pearls are very plentiful. The shell, however, is now the backbone of -the industry. It is valued at from £100 to £180 per ton, +the industry. It is valued at from £100 to £180 per ton, and finds ready sale through Singapore agencies of London firms at anything between those prices.</p> @@ -12655,7 +12615,7 @@ Roebourne and Derby until one evening the <span class="smcap">ss.</span> <i>Neme sailed into Roebuck Bay, and the skipper calmly announced that I would require to go ashore and await the next steamer, as he was going no farther. I was booked -to London, <i>viâ</i> Singapore, but I had expected to be +to London, <i>viâ</i> Singapore, but I had expected to be dumped ashore somewhere, as the <i>Nemesis</i> was not the regular connecting steamer, and I had taken it chiefly with the desire to get away from plague-stricken @@ -13560,7 +13520,7 @@ subjects, for instance, as the age of the earth, the building of coral islands, the cause of volcanic action, or the Deluge? Of all these matters the Professor discourses pleasantly and well, writing with command of much scientific learning, yet always readably, sometimes with brilliancy of diction, -and occasionally with a touch of humour."—<i>Athenæum.</i></span></p> +and occasionally with a touch of humour."—<i>Athenæum.</i></span></p> <hr class="tb" /> @@ -13761,7 +13721,7 @@ and occasionally with a touch of humour."—<i>Athenæum.</i></span></p> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> - <span style="font-size:1.2em">Rome and Pompeii. Archæological + <span style="font-size:1.2em">Rome and Pompeii. Archæological Rambles.</span> <br /> By <span class="smcap">Gaston Boissier</span>. @@ -13770,11 +13730,11 @@ and occasionally with a touch of humour."—<i>Athenæum.</i></span></p> <tr> <td align="left"> <span style="font-size:0.9em"> - "M. Gaston Boissier is one of the few living archæologists who can + "M. Gaston Boissier is one of the few living archæologists who can make the dead bones of the past live again. While his researches show the accuracy and thoroughness which we associate with German scholarship, he has a gift of exposition which is wholly French. We can - imagine therefore, no better handbook for traveller or archæologist than + imagine therefore, no better handbook for traveller or archæologist than this one.—<i>Daily Mail.</i> </span> <br /> @@ -14161,7 +14121,7 @@ and occasionally with a touch of humour."—<i>Athenæum.</i></span></p> <p style="text-indent:-1em;"><span style="font-size:1.0em">6. FERDINAND MENDEZ PINTO, THE PORTUGUESE ADVENTURER. </span> <span style="font-size:0.9em">New Edition. Annotated - by Prof. <span class="smcap">A. Vambéry</span>.</span></p> + by Prof. <span class="smcap">A. Vambéry</span>.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> @@ -14227,382 +14187,6 @@ and occasionally with a touch of humour."—<i>Athenæum.</i></span></p> <p>Minor printer errors and inconsistencies have been silently corrected.</p> </div> - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's In Search of El Dorado, by Alexander MacDonald - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN SEARCH OF EL DORADO *** - -***** This file should be named 41530-h.htm or 41530-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/1/5/3/41530/ - -Produced by Matthias Grammel, Greg Bergquist and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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