, 1869-10-02

tho ~ of Ju'! He cane IN Eshs Of Tho toaely .od
Hnnnahtea na1d Tor Es'her rock OF Jan
ard IN 1ptne the boundary Of the anoal-!ce.
It's DARK aud fuExod ctl1s, broken b. s1ow-nl.ed
Tss'1s ~ p; r. "a y sasountfd y neEa
The Arctic world. III highest point. ssAted 10 be
Ito feef. Was TO have been measured, bat The
ws rracht d = degrees norm ls1,.noe and u aooo1
10 dt4teea Ne4t Longitude from Gttenwch. and
IN The night net with the Grst ice. 1t WIZ only \
R:zc. hut this EeIad Of the peckicp v1s spinctent
to rncse Us nj from oor Aeep, Ard bring NJ on
deck. To-day, the IAN July. 70 reached tax de-
seemed IS Il the iess vouid never leave Us, and
y ey hase teparsied o. trnm the Hanss stnee tue
1oth. Ouf nsna!a remain unanswered; It Any
rae fentuurn lstaot,, 20 degrees - minutes north
a'itude, 1a1 deGlcts west longitude, u txed foE
oar pl1ee os meeting: Galla ankk, and stormy
..ee 70 ie M, 9o
near. TN IN excursion III one of the boats which
made to-laJ, several were killed Indeed. taa
SS ,,b1 16s s. r. SEs
occuyteuce. On the 1tth rhree came W1tnin eight
TasdS Of the ship For \ tine We watched them
with WenzI rdrs, a Il Was i1naos.!ble to hs{-
poon Them nom the vessel! The wounded aut
Inals psurged err7Eei to Tbs depths Of the sea
ore SUI more COZ n'or. The dark head, and dis
t0sted Iacrs which peep fur moment ous OF tbs
iead-coloted surface OF The wafer, fur OF curonr5
tcsl sight and It II essJ to understand how It xAs
That 70: ssaloss Iesu1csly utstook then fos
Uu,.ng the f:ss three weeks, ships vrre
! AlGstst constantly eeen on the horizon, whose
tadina from the deek x about three equa1tefs OF
Gs!maa @ Diae; no: We ioos In n vala iot = si ~
to divide the Zee, We that steer through .he pack
| Ice weRtw2su1 for feuduium Island. when I.
about tMeh1y nre German miles distant tJa!y ls1.
l T'nA &Sf&nt nj 4 Mnlnt1jr 1n11 frat hl6h
to the north Of the ne.qhbortng i.lauh, Shannon
nina Inc length Of oar stay, daIox which ve sh11
! oecapy ourselves with measuring the tezreea d
!stlsutiea, determining the us9nctic conditions
correcting former sta'suents - 70 he poAtion q
places, atd tatlug ha1ty sofseJ II the Island
which u above ten German aquafs miles ta extent
To the norta Of Shannon .te coast Of Gseeniant
plosed. We cxnnot yet make further plans, bn
geographical ot1coyery q the principal purpose o
PGn t. AsS'i a. t. m
viii lheo follow tho GeFr1Anl4 u far n pozathlc
and Afterwards dcse1mina The coalta and na1dt
AccoId!5E to or lnattQctlons Fe nse 70 winter q
s.edRe expeditions INTO the interior Of Greenland
Fluin thr mtddIn Of May 10 tho end OF June IN q
% = r. I'D i ~ sssss & a'as L: II =
sen'ses Reeseay csssns ''ssn r. a..ssaes ssn
aso v. .sa 5s' .rss 70 .asat do ss
interior Is llrelv 70 b .l!a and ragsed aud ,ne,
would be hrt Little probability ot our hetng abs
tssp p.nch p1s III b.
anu high raopntainA vii! be climbed In order
Katu "a clear IN Idea Of the conformation Of T.
tse eoa,., Il vRa ksss
to he IN open Polar Sea- hare been nntEusts
b. Dr. FcsefmAnn with the command oi this e .
Il il desssts n Ions:, I'D tFom i s.sress *1' io
degrees y. Iat Not far tq me west thu botto
mntt rise suddenly, tor near the pack.ice 4
, depth varies from 100 to 80 fathoms. On Il
. | tuipe waa clearly observable to Lie y. W., a,,ou
iearcts IN ne!xht, irnztn2 the dteasy g1a5 Of Il
skt: This light Played sers fAntiy Into b'ue, al
d sttEhity resemblcd weak uurprn tOreal1s-it n
the tce-bl.uk-H
|, lt+tstript 81, the lstA 81 Jula-" Yesterday +
CAIN sea AID quiet ar formed a picture ot I
:. t:ople!s on the deep tiae transparent vatt
A. neon to-day, when the. fog cleared q
l. he white loriss. Of the .ee.osek, With
i 80 PAGES distance, troEep, aud In rugged 4,
!. cold snblMlty. It reml1dtd rs At ouee
/ the pic1nrcsque end Of m Immense glacier, 81
. The ice Which Al mt appeared 10 form one gre
T. Close ' oil. proved when We approached It, 10
!, srlIt Into Wild nasses and fields; the ls:ts1 a
: Captain thought naytSable showed Itself. He n
scfprif Ell to nni The tce 10 tar 10 the cast a Il
!. year It was not net ith It'll l5 deg ". long T
lGHt AQaIl$ e!lIaluE 0l'3k HlU4aEHl u N Tue Al@
g loon within fifteen PAGES Of the Ice, Fy far t
:. srentcr part OF 1t seemed 10 hare been formed
i the aea; the dtE7J cl1t1s which come from tho q
= ciets were rare. The pieces brought on boa
: had q rough and porous surface, and were iu
t state Of transition frDm crystalline to = naro
cnpdttiop, beng also tnll OF eav1ttes ted With
snt waseE. This proved they were melting.
!, | Slid and crystalline pieces arc to be found II
!, well Annwu that the polar Ice IL frec from salt,
tns E.ts5 e. r. tns e I s task
to nna fne Hanaa, to take The rest Of our coal q
:. provisions on board, and then 10 steam thsou
). The Ice to Pendulum Island II xe DO not dnd
K Eoon, We mnst be content With what We have,
i, II ID doubtful whether We ahn1! meet her again.