A STORY OF ADVENTURES.
«> HEM ARK: ABLE EXPERIENCES IN AUSTRALIA. LONDON, September 13. At the British Association's meeting M. Rougemont read a second paper regarding his remarkable experiences in Northern Australia. He expressed the hope thafc he would be enabled to lead a prospecting expedition to districts in the interior of Australia which he believed to be rich in minerals and precious stones. Dr Forbes expressed himself as sceptical as to the genuineness of M. Rougemont's statements, but several other Australians present appeared to be convinced that he was; justified in his assertions. Mr Luik, of v.ieelong, expressed surprise that M. Rougemont, in the course of his wanderings, had never struck the overland telegraph line SYDxnEY, September 14. M. de Rougemont, who read a couple of papers on Australian topics before the British Association, came into notoriety in Australian circles in London by the Man.-chausen-like articles now appearing in the "Wide World Magazine." He is believed to be identical with a Swiss named Greia who lived in Sydney and was regarded as eccentric. It is also stated that- he spent some time in New Zealand. The first portion of the true story of M. Louis de Rougemont's adventures is given in tho August number of " The World Wide Magazine," which came to hand yesterday, and on reading this, it is not surprising that some doubt was expressed by the members present at the meeting of the British Association. M. de Rougemont was born in Paris and educated in Switzerland. Away back in the sixties he went pearling with a Dutchman in. the South Seas, and was wrecked upon a desert island in the Sea of Timor. The island turned out to be but a mere spit of eand.and on this desolate waste M. de Rougemont lived for two and _a-half years. Hie next residence, though happier, was not a very great improvement on his former one. For a quarter of a century he dwelt on the Australian main among the cannibal blacks. His life and adventures in this out-of-the-way region will also form a portion of the narrative. It is.stated that to test the account of his story M. de Rougomont appeared before such eminent geographical experts aa Dr Scott-Keltic and Dr Hugh R. Mill. With all the means at their command these specialists checked M. de Rougemont's story, and are said to be quite satisfied that not only is the traveller's narrative accurate, but also that it is of high, scientific value.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 13
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