Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-11


were fortunate enough To have the privilege
oil visiting the ships, and by those connected
WIN the crews. In one part might be seen an
honest tar embracing his partner with hear
tiness, which did credit 10 a tedious absence,
aud was certainly withsuti example i'm the
whole history of .Esqumaux iellowship-the
1 only human intercourse enjoyed. if il may be
so called, during two years and half. In
another direction the cooking apparatus was
suon put in rrquisitina, and fresh provisions
and vegetables had justice done 10 them, as
inNuries of no common cast. Here were stran-
gers examining the canoes, large animal
I specimens, apd other raries brought from
the Arctic regions and in the long boats, sIung
upon the deck of each vessel, were six or
eight oftbose wolf-looking dogs, which are SO
important 10 the natives, howng and fighting
like wild beasts of the most savage nature.
! We mention those circumstances, not as of
any consequence TO the voyage, but as form
ing spectacle of su singular and interesting
| a Character, that we nny wish our graphic
! powers were more adequate To its descriptions
On arriving at. Deptiord, most of the officers
FASTENED ashore, and from an intimacy with
some OF them, We have collected the following
digest, for whose Irregularities and want of
/ proper Order, the haste in which il is thrown
together must he our apology.
The outward voyage in 1921 was fair and
prosperous Passing up Hudson's Straits, the
naviSators Kept near the land on their South,
ana explored the coast towards Repulse Bav
The iarthust West, which they attained was
So degrees of longitude, and the highest lat-
lsde only 80 deg. 40 min ~ and they finally
brought up for winter quarters at small
isle winch they named Winter Island, in 80
deg. % min. w Longitude. and latitude Sc deg
III MN. n. by inspecting the common maps,
| II VIII he seen that they are very faulty in
laying dowD both land and water in this di-
rrciion though the latter and best charts are
some what more correct. The globe and chart
makers, however, viii have very !ittl. trouble
IN laying down the discoveries made in the
present voyage. The chief part of the sum-
mer IN 1921, WAS occupied in examining Re
pulse Fay, and some inlets 20 the eastward
nj 1t, through some one or other of which
hey hoped te fiud u passage into the Polar
sea In tins they were Disappointed for all
The openings proved TO he only deep inItts,
i which ran into the continent of America. -
! w hlle Thus occupied, early in October. the
sea hogan Ia freeze and an The Gih of that
| month, the ships were laid up for the winter
IN the situation noted above. Here, al Winter
Island, The Expedition WAS frozen up from
the 9Th of October 1891, 10 the ed of july
1922. The vessels were within two or three
hundred PAGES Of each other, and occupations
ana amusemeDtS, similar To those practisrd
IN Inc preceding voyage, were resorted to- We
are informed, however, that the DAYS did not
so OH so well, NOR were the ships companies
altogether SD tremendously social as on The
former occasion. The necessity for maintain
'og discipline. and other causes, TO which
we ne.'i not ailude. stood in the way of
tins perfect accord aud salisficlion
One OF the principal events hich we have
10 police IN this period, was the beneficial eff
ieCtS pTotuppH law Tho. ,,c IL
ships with currents OF warm air. These were
directed To every requisite part, by means OF
metallic tubes, and so well did the cpnlrivance
| answer It's purpose, that the lowest tempera-
Iure experienced, during the winter was 80
degrees hrlow zero. In the SECOND winter i,
was ten deg. lower, viz. 45 deg below zero
bat this was not so difficult Ia endure, nor en
lnconYenent rs the cold in Captain Parry's
first voyage, nor indeed, If we are rightly in
strnciFd. as that felt in the northern stations
OF the Hnsdon Bay traders on the American
continent.
! The provision cases. we understand did
not turn ont so well for, though the meats
were preserved fresh, they were found TO be
very insipid on constant use, and the men got
rs iired OF them as they generally DO of salt
! PROVISIONS. From the Quantum of boiling
needed IN these preparations, the nuiriii, e
juices are extracted, and the taste 50 reduced.
mat II IS not easy TO tell veal from beef. They.
however, like French cookery done TO rags
inade change, and were SD Ear acceptable.
Fish we're caught and formed another more
welcome variety. These were chiefly small
salmon of about Z or lbs weight of which
about 500 were taken The coal fish, and the
! Alpine trout, which latter was found in a
fresh water stream on ~ island To the west
ward az Winter Island. Thi, river, accordin,
! 10 the native accounts, flowed from lake.
whence also another river ran into the sea on
the other side, that is To say, one stream flow
ed in asUuth rasterly direction towards Uud-
sons Bay, and the other in a snuth-westerly
course towards, (perhaps) the Polar sea- The
small fish known by the name Of The RIiller's
| Ihumb, was also In great abundance AID
The sea swarmed with mOlusca but we shall
eonmrrite the natural productions more par
ticularly hereafter
| Nothing occurred during the FIRST part of
The winter, deserving 0f any psrticuirr notice {;
bat one morning, ~ the beginning cf February.
orr people were surprizrd by the appearance
ot strange forms upon the snow plain In their
'icinity and % persons running TO aud FRO
I This WAS tribe of about 30 Esauimau4. who
we're erecting their snow huis. and taking no
thar residence at short distance from the
vessels. AZ FIRST, it was hoped that this might
be- captain FrankliB's expeditiOn hut The hope
| qHckly NanlshtG ana the settlers were found
10 be one Of those wandering herds which
roam along tie shore in search Of food, and
make their hahitatops wherever il can be oh
tanned IN sufficient quantity. The great De.
prndrace Of these people upon the produce
III the SEA for rheir sustcuance, necessarily
confines their migralions 10 The coasts, and.
except hastily travelling across land in any
JouroeY occasionally, it may he presumed
| rom their habits that they never establish