The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-09-04
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fPOnR DR. HaVCs.

from DR.. HSyCs.
The following letter from DR.. Hayes,
describing the progress Of bis expedl.
ton, has Just been received. II Is dat.
ed steamship Panther, IvIstul, South
Greenland, July 20.
'Aiter leaving Newfoundland we
made our first land fall at Cape DesolG-
tlon, where, the weather being dirty
and there being on this coast neither
lighthouse nor pilots, we were forced to
ret an anchor down and hold on three
days before we could steam In to JUL
anshaRb, the best OF the Greenland col.
onics. There we arrived July 10. A
few items OF our dolngs since that date
may interest You.
First, on the 18th. we went up 10 the
old Morse ruins Of KrakortAk, the finest
on the coast, and In novel fashion,
My old friend, Rev. Mr.. Anthem, TOR
merly Of upernRvlk,) kindly acted as
guide and we crowded into O WomRn's
seal skin boat That IL TO say, an Umidk
which was thlrty-six feet long, and was
propelled by six stout native women,
The temperature was 0jo, grand the
scenery and many the novelties, 80 we
passed most delightful day, bothered
only by mosquitoes, which are more
numerous here and more vicious, yer.
lily believe, than In any other part OF
the known world.
How old the ruins are nobody knows;
but certainly not less than eight centa.
flcS; and as ! wandered through the
church yard and about the once mas,
I've walls OF the homes OF the hardy
Vikings and sons OF Vikings, who long
ago peopled this coast, The story OF
their wonderful deeds seemed written
on the very stones. The church ruin
Tor cathedral) stands much as Whep
GrRah visited It some forty years ago.
One gabel Is yet eighteen feet high; the
three doorwAyB are perfect; and some
OF The windows are In the same condl.
ton. The walls are almost i've feet
thick and In places still very hrm.-l
While Bradford was busy with his
brush, and Dunmore and CrlcheTson
with their camera, I make careful
plot OF all the ruins, which are nine In
number.
From JulIanshaab, where. by the way
must not forget TO mention that we
had some fine fresh Greenlan beef and
any quantity OF milk, we steamed out
to q sub-colouy, called Krasslment,
where, directed by an ancient Dane,
Motsieldt by name. (the only white
man In the place. we went up ford
TO the front OF a great glacier; and there
we lay at an anchor four days, on the
most amicable term with the monssrons
body tnstfeam-.photographing II,
sketchlng 1t, surveying 1t. travelling up.
on It, and In short doing n0enIug that
was not agreeable as we'll as useful.
The photographs from In are really
superb; are taken from every possible
point OF view, and are everything the
heart could wish for. The weather was
warm aS an early autumn day At home,
and was enjj Dyed by all. There was
nothing 10 Interfere with us but the
aforesaid mosquitoes, which, fortunate.
summit OF the glacier. believe moth
ing could possibly be finer than the
photographs obtained.
Unhappily for our complete sense OF
comfort, the glacier was less disposed
10 be neighborly than we, for he set up
u terrible fusilade the moment we got
there; and besides some thousands of
ions Of Ice which, at intervals, broke
from the front, seven icebergs, Que
after another, rolled their unWieldy
forms Into the sea, and set the WAVee
upon US ut such terrible rate that We
were glad enough 10 getto safer place
OF refuge.
Bat few persons have ever seen an
Iceberg break of. We can rejoice ut
having both seen and felt them. We
may rhapsodiZ5 about Niagara; Its
roar, lis vastnesS; but one knows not
where TO begin with dtschaFging gla-
Giles; so will not attempt 1t.
From the glacier we came here 10
meet hearty welcome from the Comp.
trolier Of the Mines, MIR. Saxtorf, the
Director, Mr.. Fritz, and the agent for
the American Company, Captain Rey-
noldS. One Is quite amazed at the ap-
pSrently lnexbRustible supply OF Kryo.
lite In the bed which they have opened.
The mine Is In fact quarry, the bot.
tom OF which is some forty feet below
the level OF the sea, and Is perhaps fifty
yards across. and as many up from the
beach. II lies upon the south side OF
this deep ford Of Arsuk, which runs
back many miles into the interior, and,
like most Of the Greenland fords, is
terminated BY q glacier. A hundred
miners get out ABOUT eleven thousand
tons OF the mineral per annum. The
mineral Is immensely rIch-ninety-six
to ninety.per cent OF soda and alum;
and although not sufficient Iu quantity
to pay for working, the bed Is prolific
in Other ores. In half hours walk
about the works picked up specimens
OF iron, silver, lead, tin, copper and
arsenic. Strange, 1t seems that this
mineral, 80 precious aud 80 valuable,
should be found here alone.
Tomorrow we put to sea, and then
norlhard ho, beneath the midnight sun.
Thus far all has been novel 10 me; but
hencelorth shall be among familiar
scenes. We get on finely. Everybody
IS In the best OF spirits and the very
best OF health. The ship could not DO
improved upon for either strength or
comfort, and, please God, In couple OF
months l VIII fetch, In person, my next
budget OF news,'