The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-06
THE PANDORA'S PATHWAY.
Her Brisk Run Across Melville Bay to
the Carey Islands.
JOURNALISM ON SHIPBOARD.
A Sailors Essay on the Merits OF
the Esquimau Fair.
THE ARCTIC MAIL BAGS.
Steering Southwark for Lam
caster Sound.
THE ARCTIC MAIL BAGS.
THE MIDNIGHT SUN.

for the next two or three days But we had fortu-
nately got in nearly forty of COAL much the
captain wanted and accordingly stopped tired but
well satisfied with the result of days work. Had
We not been favored with fine weather we might have
been here four or five days without accomplishing
much. We did not get up anchor until next morning
having in the evening taken leave Of our Esquimaux
friends, who had set up tent shore, whore they
passed the night before returning to Yuyarsusuk. We
gave the girls number of little presents with which
they seemed much pleased, before bidding them adeu
Among other things I observed that Juliet had
reived a prettly embroidered white linen pillow case
but could not find out who had given it to her, al
though may have had my suspicious 1t is probably
long ere this worked up into boot tops
AS shall meet with pretty girls
in the course of narrative l would
like, before finally taking leave OF these, to assure
the reader that do think have exaggerated the
charms of the fair girls OF the Arctic regions the least
Nor am alone in my appreciation of them for found
that all my messmates were OF the same opinion my
self Perhaps because these people have been
persisently misrepresented by travellers as ''drtyn
and ''hthyN that agreeably astonshed
10 find them otherwise, and all the more disposed to
do them JUSTICE but certain IL IS that my companions
were even more enthusiastic in singing their praises
than myself Soon after leaving England had
tabshed little weekly paper, called the Pandora's
Bor, 10 which everybody expected to contribute
and the week succeeding visit to Disco and Yuyar
susuk the editor considerably amused TO find that
every contributor had chosen one subject with a
nimty that somewhat embarrassing The
quence that the Fandoras Bor for August IL 1875
presented funny Of articles about the Arc
tic girls, of one OF which herewith present copy
evidence that have not been exaggeratng II was
signed 'Tromp" but IT is not quite certain that he Is
the author they i'll the habit Of sometimes
signing each others names
PRAISE THE FAIR.
1t is truth old the hills that the sailor stops Just
long enough in every harbor to feel the
true value of those whom he obliged
10 leave behind him; Untrue 1t Is how
ever, that he forgets those good fairies VINO throw
now and then warm sunbeam on his troubled path as
quickly he does the privauons which he often has to
bear On the contrary, returned on board of his
ship he often quietly remembers the lovely beauty to
whom he was Obliged perhaps forever TO bid FAREWELL
and he remains long time thankful for the moments
which dear to him. Let US then, too in our
fandOra's Boz reserve little room for the commemo-
ration Of these simple children of nature
have shared with the JOY and grief
OF our HE; for it isimpossble for US to in those
kind pretty sisters from the unknown homes of Yuyar-
susuk common workers Of coal NINE There is no
sembance at all between these healthy merry children
OF kudset and the poor WORKOUT faces OF the miners of
old Europe Without being aware OF II they possessed
all the virtues which we admire IN hghbred woman
simplicity, modesty, intelligence and reinement-and
when we compared them with the ugly old woman who
guarded them with the eye OF an argus we regretted
very much that these lonely flowers were planted in
the cold barren ground of this bleak shore TO prema
turely wither beneath its long and bitter winter.
More utterly forgotten in the world can lve but
S recall those sweet melancholy tones OF their
tive land unable TO forget that fellow creatures
never more misplaced. Let as, then, finish with
wishing them all possible good. and let our thoughts
sometimes return to those pretty little lowers who
flourish utterly forgotten in the snow covered noun
lain homes OF Disco Island.
PANDORA LOOKING DIRTY.
What miserable dirty, disreputab!e looking ship
Toy that the coal blurs of Kudset loom up nigh
and indstinct the sarboard beam; that seemed.
hang about the shrouds and rigging in festoons and
lrckle down the ropes in little streams and drop on
The decks in puddles where IL turned TO ink in the
coal dust which covered the ship like thick coat
OF dirty, sloppy black paint Her decks when she left
Portsmouth, bad then thought them, were clean
and respectable and orderly when compared to their
present condition. Coal everywhere, from the jib
boom to the tafIrail; everything covered
with it; you could not touch rope without
having 1t tricke through your fingers in thick dirty
ooze, nor lay your hand anything without getting II
painted black 1t seemed to travel and climb too for
it went below and invaded the wardroom and cabins
turning everything dirty black and found the
shrouds at the maintop. The Pandora, in short was
reeking with COAL saturated with coal drunk with
coal; she had greedy gorged herself until she rolled
and staggered deep down in the water she when
We commenced getting her under way, and grooming as
though protesting against being disturbed until she had
digested her guttonous meal The dogs about with
dropping tails and hair streaming with dirty, inky
water, eeeking in vain place TO lie down
in; ana ''Mr Hogan the pig, had
changed his coat Of white for one Of sooty black
rs though he had been Disgusting himself with view
Of escaping to avoid attendance on a Christmas dinner
TO which he had long been invited In a short
nj w @ NIL Inn, h.
tween coaheaver and chimney sweep, and wen.
about glaring each other like negro N nstrels with
dlstended eyeballs that seemed to have suddenly
turned all white
But this was state OF things had expected and
which we knew had TO be endured until deckload
coal should be consumed and therefore made the
best of IL.
OF THE ENGLISH SHIPS AT uPERNAvIK.
We got out of Wagat Strait during the aay and fol
lowing the coast Of Greenland, favored by
light brcezes blowing from the SOUTH southwest and
Boutheast-almos the first fair winds had had since
leaving England. We got into Upernavk ON the
ing of the 18TH but did drop anchor, as Captain
Young only proposed to stop long enough to leave
letters buy II possible couple OF dogs. The Gov
ernor soon came OFF In his boat kindly bringing with
him his meteorological journal, by which we were
enabled to what had been the direction OF the winds
during the last three monthsan important element al
ways to be taken into consideration 10 Ice navigation II
Is upon winds than any thing else that nsvigators
depend for breaking up the ice and opening the way
TO the higher attitudes within the Arctic circle
II strong northern winds prevail during the early
part Of the summer then the ice which s breaking up
will be driven south through Hudson Bay and Davis
Strait into the broad Atlantic, and the northern
waters Will be found in August and September quite
clear II, the contrary, the winds blow mostly
lie aout the ccx yf mr. out
perhaps not at ALL and the northern seas will remain
closed until the rapidly returning winter locks them up
again for another year. We found, upon looking over
the Governors Journal that northern winds had been
blowing steadily from the I'D OF April until the Let
oil June, and that during the months Of June
aud July northern winds had for the most
part prsvVOd with only an occasional breeze from