AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 October 1919, Page 7

AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE.

Impoverished, wounded in battle, but with a story of adventure that rivals even the exploits of Sir Francis Drake, Francis Drake, a man of the age of 53, is en route to Seattle, after an illstarred attempt to sail round the world alone in a little schooner, says the San Francisco Bulletin. The tiny vessel, called 'the Sir Francis, left Seattle four years ago. After passing through the Panama Canal and reaching Halifax, he docked his craft and enlisted in the Canadian army. Twice he was wounded. Returning from France, Drake refitted his vessel, and started again. Storms beset him in southern waters, r and his cittlo schooner was wrecked thirty miles from Santa Cnlz, Mexico. Before he could reach that port bandits robbed him of his possessions, _ taking even his clothes. At Salina Cruz, reached after a terrible struggle, Drake "was imprisoned as a member of an faction. The steamer Northland, visiting the port, carried Drake to San Dedro, Cal., and the crew clothed him and loaned him money.