HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS.
Fdrther details of the fate of that portion of the Flatters expedition which remained in the Saraha under the command of Sergeant Pobequin present a scene of unsurpassed horror. The natives having stolen all the camels, which bore the water, the twentynine men made their way afoot to the caravan route in hope of meeting with succour. But no caravan came in sight. Without food or drink, the inen endured unspeakable agonies for a time, bnt were at last driven to the fearful resort of cannibalism. Fifteen men were devoured in turn, Pobequin being the fifteenth. Then help came. A caravan arrived and provided the half-insane survivors with a small supply of food and water, but only in return for money. When at last they were rescued by the Meharis from Uargla, only twelve of them remained alive, and their minds and bodies were almost fatally wrecked by the hardships they had undergone.—New York Tribune.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6147, 30 July 1881, Page 7
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