New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-25
NUMBER 900.
DAILY CRESCENT
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TEIE ARCTIC SEARCH. II

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VERY INTERESTING FROM DIR. KANE's EXPEDITION.
tRsom private letter from an oticsr to frisndI y
SECOND GnirNkLt EsrEDrrros.4 4 "a
BRIG ApyANcE, Bafhn's Bey, July IL 1853 II
My Dear -: 1t ID with pleasure comply
with your request, made upon leaving New
York. Aftera passage which only aboundad
with the usual incidents Of oeeanlife, we arriyed
upon the coast Of Greenland June a.. The
passage was somewhat protracted one, owing
to the universal head winds and calms we en-
conntered ); but by the wise foresight of the
planners Of the expedition, we left New York
with plenty Of time on our hands to guard
against every contingency of delays, and to
make the best Of whatever accidental circum-
stances might arise to favor an early and safe
passage to the scene of our labors.
The barrenness Of sGreenland's icy noun
tains z has long held place in my imagina-
tion, but Iwas unprepared for the absolute deeo-
lation which greeted us. Peak after peak rose
abruptly from the very waters edge. and the
interior seemed to be one continued waste Of
snow-capped submits. Not single foot of level
land or soil was to be seen, and the rocks told
a mournful tale of sterility. Although water
poured plentifully from the hills, even the usual
surface vegetation which follows cur streams at
home seemed entirely wanting. Why it should
have received the name of Greenland is q puz Y
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Such as it is, however, with its yernal cogno-
men, 1t was doubtless discovered and occupied
BY the early 1celanders and Norwegians, and
when the suspended intercourse with the Old
World gave rise to the fable of lost Green
land,' its discovery was due to Frobisher or
Cabot, those indomitable Arctic pioneers. To
the efforts Of single man, Hans Egede, " the
Greenland Apostle,' as he is termed by the Lu-
theran church, the Greenland of the present
century owes whatever it possesses of ciyiliza-
tion and Christianity. Ill
We made the coast near Godshalar, the scene
of his early labors, and I write from, point
nearly opposite that neatestsand most flourish
ing Of its settlements, Egedisminde, g the Nun
merry Of Egedi.''' -.5.-sg,.--, go I'd
On the 29th, being beealmed off Fiskenaes,
we dispatched a boat up the Fiord, to look out
for the town returning soon, with a pilot boat
and crew from the Governor, we stood in, and
were IN short time in sight of the first Green
land town had yet seen. 1t was in keeping
with the scenery around. In the midst of Es-
quimaux huts rose the only mansion, the resi-
dence of the Governor, a most kind-hearted old
gentleman, full Of Scandinavian hospitality and
fond Of his wife, his children, and his pipe, The
courtesies of his humble mansion were COR
daily extended to'us, and after breaking bread
with his Excellency, we felt quite as much at
home as on board our little brig, from the
cramped quarters Of which we were by no means
sorry to be, for a short time, relieved Eaa 81
The official letters brought by our commander
from the Court of Denmark were anticipated
by the cordial kind feeling OF the authorities.
Every care was extended to the expedition,
and we departed with q goodly supply of cod
fish and an Esquimaux hunter, whose ryack
and lance are expected by DR.. Kane to keep his
dogs in food IT. T. s3fE sEyig7ijtt -
i Sukkertoppen was our next port.a quiet lit.
tie glen, shut in by rocks and looking its bar
rem solitude Here in "a single hour we laid in
reindeer furs, dogs harness and moeeasins, filed
our water casks and stood out to sea-. AZ
At both these places, while my comrades were
busily engaged in hasty preparation for depar-
ture from port, Imade the best use of time my in
collecting botanical specimens. With botany
box and gun made two sallies at Fiskemaes
and one at Sukkertoppen, into the deep noun
tain gorgess where the water Icaused by the suns
genial rays, had melted the snow that trickled
down the mountain sides, and at last found a
resting place, around which grew highly in
teresting and quite 1uxuriant fora. Upon the
southern slopes found the willows. as If deter
mined to force a living cut of the world, cling
ing apparently to the solid rock, and though
members Of the same family growing in our own
rich soil. The cutkins Of these plants were found
to be Of very deficient development The same
was also observed of the Anaremida Tetrigona,
one Of the characteristic heaths of this region.
These circumstances seem to our commander to
indicate backward summer, while the meteoro-
logical returns obtained at Fiskemaes and Sich-
teufels, show o winter of unusual n,ildness!
The bergs, too, are not numerous, and he seems
to expect we will meet no foe ice until we reach
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Disco we 1onged to vista longing which the
sight of its high mountains only increased-but
thesbreeze, Isuppose, did not justify us in losing
an inch OF ground, for We stood on to the north
ward in expectation of reaching the middle ice.
But one thing more remains-an increase ol
dogs--tor deficiency of which we are hnmblJ
thankful, as but for that we would not see tn,
settlement Of, Proven. .aE sg108
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