Dagon Shwe Nya - Man and Animal Island

Foreword by the original author

On the 1st of February, 1887, a steamer called the "Lady Wayne" accidentally struck a wreck and sank in latitude one degree (south) and longitude "17 degrees (west). = When the ship sank, my uncle, Edward Prindis (with whom we, our relatives, and friends, were also aboard)

It was believed that he had drowned. However, strangely enough, about 11 months after the shipwreck (January 5, 1888), my uncle was found floating alone in a small boat at latitude 5 degrees, 3 degrees (south) and longitude 101 degrees (west). This is how it was found.

At that time, it had been 11 months and 4 days since the sinking of the Lady Vane, on which he was aboard. My uncle had been a passenger on the Lady Vane when it docked at Carlow, and everyone thought that he had been with the Lady Vane when it sank. The name of the boat that was found about 11 days after the shipwreck was so obscured that it was probably the boat of the missing Impika Anha.

- When my uncle told me his story, the things he said were so incredible that I thought he was mentally ill. Moreover,

His mind had been reeling from the moment he had escaped the sinking Lady Phin ship alive.

The reason for this was discussed repeatedly by the worldly scholars and psychologists present at that time, and for a long time my uncle felt a sense of shock and dismay.

After experiencing good things, they finally decide that this is what happened because they were physically and mentally exhausted.

The biography that I will now write below is based on the contents found in his papers. Since I am his sole heir, I have not clearly stated my uncle's wish to present it to the people of the country in the papers, but I feel that it is worth publishing.

. Around the place where he was found floating in a small boat without a roof, there is only one island called Noble Island. That island is a small island with fireflies - and there are no people living there. After a ship called 'HMS SCORPION ' # arrived at that island in 1891 - some of the sailors went ashore to look, and they did not see anything special except a very strange white moth, wild boars, rabbits - and mice of various shapes. But as they were not brought to show as evidence - the biography I am about to write now can be said to be incomplete. In any case, I will present to the public the incident that my uncle encountered.

Another strange incident is that my uncle disappeared between latitude 5° (south) and longitude 105° (west) and was found unconscious only 11 months later in the sea near that location. However, it is clear that he was alive during that time.

"And so , in January 1887, the ship Imperator Juanha, carrying a leopard and other animals from Africa, sailed to various cities in the South Pacific, and then somehow disappeared." The captain of the ship was John Davis, a heavy drinker.

He was the captain of the Inca Tuanha ship , which left Banya in December 1887 with a cargo of coconuts on board, and then disappeared altogether, a fact that perfectly matches the biography in his uncle's documents.

"Lifeboat from the Laos ship"

The Lady Wayne was wrecked ten days after leaving Carlow by an accidental collision with a shipwreck, and the story of that wreck is well known to all, so I do not think it necessary to elaborate. Eighteen days after the wreck, seven of the crew were rescued by the gunboat "Martel." The story of the Lady Wayne's wreck has been covered in the newspapers, but I would like to add to it. The story I want to add is more frightening than it is strange. Four people in the little boat died.

That is not true. What I said is true and the evidence is sufficient. Because I myself am one of those four.

But first, I want to say that there were not four people in the boat. There were only three. The captain saw a man named "Constantine" *jump into the boat. (This was reported in the Daily News of March 17, 1987.) It was fortunate for us that he was not with us, but unlucky for him. He jumped overboard but did not make it into the boat - his legs were caught in the ropes and he was stuck for a moment in the deep water.

We rowed the boat to save him, but he did not come up from the water. Our ship sank so quickly, and we had never expected to encounter such a disaster, so we were unprepared. So our lifeboat contained only a few damp bread rolls and a jug of water. We thought that the other boat had a good supply of food and water, but it did not. We shouted to them, pretending not to hear us, but when the sun broke up the snow at noon the next morning, there was no sign of them.

The boat was so unstable that the fishermen didn't dare to stand and look.

The sea was rough and we were trying to break through the waves with the bow of the boat. Of the two men who escaped with me,

One was called "Helma." He was a passenger on the ship, like me. I don't know the name of the other. He was a short, stocky man, and he spoke with a stammer.

Thus, after the water in the water jugs on the boat had run out, we suffered from hunger and thirst for eight days. On the second day, the waves fortunately calmed down, and the sea was as smooth as a mirror.

The suffering of being stranded on a small boat at sea for eight days without food is something that the average reader cannot fathom. Only those who have experienced it can truly understand. After the first day, we

We sat in our seats on the boat, barely speaking to each other, and just gazing at the horizon. We had no food or water, and our energy was slowly running out. Our eyes were wide open as we waited for a ship to arrive. The sun was beating down on our heads, relentlessly.

On the fourth day we had not a drop of water left. From that time on we were constantly faced with the danger of thirst. Even the saliva on our tongues dried up, and our tongues became stiffer every hour. On the sixth day our tongues were so stiff that they could hardly move, and we could hardly speak. However, although we could not speak with our mouths, we could still see each other, and it was as if we knew each other. At that time, my mind was filled with all sorts of strange thoughts, and I thought that Helmer and the unknown sailor must be thinking the same things as I was. At one point Helmer came as close as he could to me.

Aung slowly moved closer and then leaned his body towards me -

"Do you drink water?"

"What? What?" " I'll drink - I'll drink. Where's the water?"

" If you're thirsty, you're done, right?"

"What are you talking about? I don't understand."

"I have to drink. Not water." " So what?"

"Blood, human blood is water. Anyway, if you quench your thirst, you're done, right?"

"We will kill that creature. After killing it, we will drink its blood."

"So I'll vote. Do you agree?"

"'No. I don't agree with that either."

Helmer slowly moved back toward the stern.

"Helmar 's idea was to kill the one of us who was chosen by lot, and then the other two would drink his blood. Rather than all three dying of thirst, one of us would die and the other two would drink his blood and live as long as possible. However, it was too cruel to kill another person to save his life, so I - I disagreed.

All that night the sailor kept close to Helmer and whispered something, which must have been a conspiracy to kill me with Helmer. So I sat cautiously in the bow, holding my dagger in my hand, ready to defend myself in case of need. "Even though I had to carry such a weapon, I doubted whether I would have the strength to defend myself if need be."

By the next morning, we were in the worst possible situation, and I had to agree with Helmer's advice.

So we took a penny and tossed our lot, and finally decided to kill the sailor.

But the sailor was the strongest of the three of us - he had no weapons in his hands - and he attacked Helmer. So they tried to strangle each other, first sitting, then standing, and punching each other, so I crawled along the stern to help Helmer. As I pulled one of the sailor's legs, the sailor suddenly stood up and his leg slipped out of my grasp. At that moment, both of them stood up and twisted, and both of them fell over the side of the boat and started to sink at once. At that moment, the boat. It was also moving, but gradually it stopped. At that moment, I laughed out loud, whether in sadness or in joy, and threw myself back in the boat.

"I noticed that I was lying on my back on the bench, laughing. But I thought that the laughter was not coming from me, but from outside. At the same time, I remembered that if I could jump over the side of the boat and drink the sea water, I would want to die as soon as possible after drinking it. Even while I was still and motionless in the boat, I thought that I could see the white sail of a ship at the end of the horizon. The boat was moving slightly due to the waves, and I remembered that my head was moving with the movement of the boat. As the ship, with its sails unfurled, approached, I was anxious to die, and they would not see me alive, but only my body."

I don't know how much time passed. I saw a sailing ship in my mind, and it was slowly approaching my boat. But I also remembered that it didn't show any sign of rescue.

Then I seemed to fall asleep, or rather, to be in a daze, and only when I was in a cabin did I come to my senses. But I vaguely remember being carried out of the boat and carried up the ladder, and a man with red hair, his face covered in pimples, looking down from the railing of the ship. I also thought I saw a large, dark face with strange eyes.

At first, I thought that big face was a ghostly figure, like a ghost of a rice ball, while I was unconscious. Then I finally remembered that something was pouring into my mouth.

Becoming friends for the first time with a stranger

'The room I was in was small and untidy. When I came to, a middle-aged man was holding my wrist. He had coarse, scraggly hair and a straw-colored beard, and his lips were slightly parted. He stared at me, and I stared at him blankly. But no one spoke. His brown eyes were cold and expressionless.

At that moment, I heard a sound from the side of my head, as if the bed I was sleeping on was shaking slightly, and then a sound like an animal roaring. At about the same time, the person sitting next to me also started asking me,

"How are you doing now?" "I'm fine."

I think I answered it like this. "I don't know how I got here." I asked that question.

I wanted to ask, but I couldn't because my voice was not good enough. However, he looked at my face and, as if he knew my wishes, he spoke to me as follows, even though I couldn't speak.

“You are adrift in a small boat at sea, starving and thirsty. I don’t know how long you have been thirsty. Your lips are dry and your tongue is almost as hard as wood. You are unconscious and have no consciousness. The name of the boat you are in is the Lady Sail. And there are blood stains on the side of the boat.”

At that moment, I looked back at my hands and saw that not only was there skin on the bones, but my bones and skin were stuck together, like bones in a paper bag. Then I thought back to the events .

* "Now.. drink some of this, it will give you strength."

He poured me a small glass of red water. The liquid was as cold as ice, and had a sweet, tangy flavor that left me feeling refreshed. Then he continued - -

"You're lucky we have a doctor on board, otherwise we wouldn't be able to survive."

He spoke so quickly that he was not very articulate. "What ship is this?"

I asked, trying to force myself to speak. But my lips were dry and my voice was cracked from not speaking for so long.

The ship is a cargo ship. It came from Africa and Kalo 1. I don't know where it came from. I didn't ask. I'm also a traveler.......