The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-07
Halls Arctic Expedition.
| Visit to Captnin Hall,S Winter Quarter

Repulse Bay CfIead Of Hudson Bay) Correspondence aug. Isl
of the New York Herald
Your readers will be surprised 10 know that
the Herald has u correspondent IN this country,
but nevertheless it Is so-one who las seen more ice
this summer than he has ever seen before In a life
time spent in flTty-one degrees north latitude,
and larger mosquitoes than the Mississippi or Jer-
sey flats can boast of-mosquitos that will draw
blood like a leech. But | am getting away from
what | commenced to write about. Well, We
have paid n visit to Capt. Hall, the Arctic cxplOr-
er rand shall endcavor 10 tell what We have seen in
rs few words as possible. We found Capt. Hall
living ON the rocks in exactly the same spot that
he wintered in last winter. lie greeted " quite
cordially, and became quite talkative when we
told him that We belonged II the press. Tie in
vited Us into his tOopick, or tent made Of seal
skins. and babe Us sit down. pointing To some skins
that were u furnish Us in place offs chair. After
talking over home matters for some time, he pro-
ceeded 10 give Us n history of his journey last
winter-not in search of Sir John franklin or the
Northwest Passage. hut in search of dogs TO
begin his grand journey in search of Franklin
with. His party consisted of five white men ne
longing To the whale ships in the bay. two natives,
himself and thirty dogs. They took 4 northwest
course and were gone six weeks. They found u
small tribe of natives that We're quite hostile, but
succeeded in obtaining forty dogs in exchange for
some old knives and tin pans. They suffered Il
great deal of hardship, the cold being very intense,
but arrived all well. On their Journey they lived
on frozen deer meat. Once n day a spoonful of
brandy was furnished each man. Being asked how
much meat he eat in n day he answered nine
pounds did him quite well, but he could eat more
with ease. His diet is just the SAINT as the natives,
and that consists of the flesh Of bear OF a deer
everything but the hide and bones. Some infor-
nation he got last winter from the natives he fell
IN with made him decide on wintering there this
winter. They told him that some white men had
been with them for a long time, and one of them
died and they buried him with great care. Capt.
Hall thinks it may be Sir John Franklin, and has
determined to try and reach the country, and see
for himself; SO he offered among the whaling fleet
$500 in gold per man for five men Ia 90 with hun.
The men having wintered, did not wish to stay but
at last five good, strong men have joined and when
they are done hunting this fall they will start.
Capt. Hall is sure of obtaining some elicsat least.
'lfI die says he, = | shall die doing my duty
Before parting he showed us some furs, skins of
the musk OK, fox and bear.
The whaling feet have met with very poor sue
cess, there being four vessels in this port, and all
together have not one thousand barrels of oil and
not over twelve thousand pounds of bone. The
weather is warm while the sun shines, bat the mo-
ment it goes behind a cloud it is ar cold as winter.