Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-01-13


80 degrees. There he will winter and
in the spring of 1872 with all his prem
arations complete he will start on n
Grand sledge journey TO the pole. He
lieVeS that III sledge travelling he is
an ADEPT. Inc natives are very expert
IN those matters bat he thinks he has
i-ttie 10 learn i'll the matter of sledge
travelling. This Journey, he expects,
Will occupy from ninety 10 one hum
ured days, relying entirely for sup3ort
on The provisions obtained on the wav
de VIII take with him on his Journey
ateut half o! his party, leaving tbe
rest TO subslst on whales. seals an1
Walrusses, or anything else they can
obtain. Every man in his partV will
be picked man. lie has naIiv on-
pljlcatlOns each day ior permission Ia
accompany him but S forced to refuse
the greater number; but he thinks
that this is an evidence of fine right
spirit of adventure hat is in the conn
Try. There il no doubt but thar La
could man ,05J vessels if it We're rp-
quired.
HIS OFFICERS
Ills sailing master has had thir,v
years experience of the sea. and tre,-
y oi lhelh have been passed i'm the
Arctic regions. That man has flII
ialth IN hIm ard the eI .rprise. i'm and
Ahlerlcah haVlgatO-s generally believe
that he viii succeed. His first ana
secol officers have each had Ten voars,
-Arctic experience.
HIS VESSEL.
He Will have ss,amer brto-r.,,,,o
which he selected al Wa.hiuo7,, 80,
looking at great many vessels . h,It
II may be after all that he vii not IT,
this vessel for the reason that ~, l.iI,
Sf' at Il ilI'cl lower figure Gl leenland
9e'leri iney have for many years
oeen ouilulhg their Vessels with es-
Pgc'al reference 10 Arctic necessities.
ana IL may be that such vessel w |
better serve his purpose. a vessel for
me Arctic must be Of peculiar shane
ahd peculiarly strengthened. Going
'nFndSh DAVIS Straits there is much ,f
WHAT Is called drift-Ice Then. aAona
me Sn0re there IS the permanent lee
iiOe: Now Il south IN wind CAUSES mi.
driIt-lce to drive up towards this IT,,
noe, ana vessel passing through is
liable 10 be MI pld, as it is called
that Is, caught between the drift and
the lioe. Then, unless she is IN shanad
c'iaV she VIII ri g III to the top of the
Ice, she must inevitably be crushe -
nothing that ever was built il strnng
enough TO withstand The pressure. So
this steamer if he takes her must Ie
strengthened by beams and crOss-beams.
anu her bow must be made entirely
sollu ior at least ten feet, 50 that she
shaiI De ram. Then the propeller
must be 50 arranged that it can 6e lif-
tei ott OF the water Instantly. Bv
using steam Captain Hall thinks the
oDjects Of the expedition can he most
certainly attained. No exploring ex-
petition has ever before had this agent
to AID them. All his crew will b.
trimmed TO live as the EsQuimaux 10.
ana Ihen they can stand lhe cO!d. but
tIey must eat
RAW MEAT,
aud stick to train oil. He fCaptain
HaiU has eaten in one dav fifteen
pounds OF raw meat, washed down
WIth TWO ana Il half pintS of train oi
" lille men thus live they can defy
hing Cold \ whale in those regions
Is EodsCnd, one whale being equal to
0JJ oxen, and affords the best eating
that Captain Hal mas ever enjoyed. In
fact, he has always enjoyed his food
better IN the Arctic regions than any
where else; and even here among
civilized people the Old longing for raw
meat comes on him 50 strong some
times that he goes away to his closet,
where no one can see him. and has a
good feed of raw meat. And there is
a virtue in it which is killed when
cooked. Captain Hall appealed to the
physicians of his audience in support
OF this assertion. Captain Hail next
described the process of building
snoW-house, and tXtOlled it as the most
palatial of residences, and to sleep ma
kcd i'll a snOW-house as the acme of
bliss. All the I1squimaux he found
slept IN nude state, and, said he "as
did the EsquinauX 80 did l."
THE COOPERATION OF GOVERNMENT.
The President and Congress have
aided him most iiberlaiiy. They have
confidence in him, and believe that he
Will plant the Stars and Stripes OH the
pole, attaining at last the object for
which the world has been laboripg for
three centuries, and If he docs succeed
that moment W | lie the happiest of his
existence. Thor was an eXhilcratiHg
feeling that c, I'll : not he described in
the knowledge that one has gone lit
tie further than any Of his fellows have
done before him. There was one SEN
tIment that had stuck by him all
through his former voYas es. 1t was.
" Look out. be careful, keep judgement
on your side"
HIS ONLY ANXIETY.
Nhpn itn S44lI stand I'm tho Mort |.
Pole is one thing which wilt trouble
him, and that is, how shall lie keep
his chTOnon eters regulated; how
shall he tell whether they are ginning
or losing. Every direction then will
be South. There will be no north, no
east, no west. The North star will
be directly over head. or nearly so, ana
or the first day OF March the sun will
Just appear above the horizon and go
round and round, day by day. never
rising or setting. but gradually attain
ing greater altitude, until finally il
VIII get to height of 23l degrees, and
then gradually get lower and lower,
until OIL the sd OF September it will
d sappear, 10 lie seen no more for six
months. What object can he sight to
regulate his thermometers? He has
asked the question of the best talent
in the countr.;, and no man can aB-
swer him. In the winter Of 1872 he
VIII be where no sun car shine. but in
Il fin- place for people +, II OF eating,
for il will always be dinner tiine-al-
ways l. o'clock He is having his
chTonOmeters constructed to mark the
whole twenty our hours, and he thinks
all chronoinetcrs Should be made in
that way.
HE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.
If he cannot reach the pole in 70 he
will stay another year, and, if necessa-
ry, five years. No man can tell of the
length of time Lee Ssary. 1t may be
thirty months, and it may take five
years, but his crew will all be shipped
for the greater time, and at the end of
that time he hoped 10 stand again OH
that platform and tell them OF it.
Captain Hail WAS frequently APP
plauied during the lecture, and at its
close a vote of thanks WAS rendered
him. and with three hearty cheers for
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