Reuter's Agency learns that details have been received from Para-busy regarding the mysterious disappearance of Mr, Audley Heron Gosling, the 17-year-old son of Mr. Cecil Gosling, British Consul General at Frankfurt. They permit of little doubt that he has lost his life.
It appears that the young man was acting as guide to an expedition comprising, in addition to himself, two Europeans and four Indians, who had started from a big roach partly owned by his uncle, Mr. Audley Gosling. The object of the trip was the exploration of unknown country in the region of the Pilcomayo River, where the members of three expeditions had already been killed by Indians.
The explorers camped at a water-hole on the edge of impenetrable monte (forest), and on August 11, a short while before the camp breakfast of ostrich wings was ready, Mr. Gosling, leaving his hat and tobacco pouch behind in the tent, sallied forth with his Winchester rifle, intending to get back for the meal. As he did not return search was made. His footmarks were followed the whole day for upwards of 30 miles—through dense forest, along a cicada, or Indian track, about three inches de, and it was discovered that the missing man had camped for the night in a district quite waterless except for what he could collect from plants and trees.
A fresh search on the following day only disclosed the fact that Mr. Gosling had climbed a tree. At one point a single spent cartridge was found, and the Indians discovered that here he had removed his boots. His tracks could therefore not be followed from this point. Tt is regarded as probable that Mr. Gosling lost his bearings in the dense forest and was killed by tigers, but it is not impossible that, distracted after his long and waterless wanderings, he may have fallen upon an Indian camp and been taken away by the nomads who travel al] over the country.
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