The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-20

the Toilet They monopolize the trinkets neoAiAOoS
and earrings and spend hours in dressing while the
women draw the wood make the fires and pitch tho
tents for their lazy lords Among the Indians says
the Earl Christianity rules high years OF scarcity,
and has downward tendency when buffalo plenty.
However degraded their religion may be- doubt II
change is morally beneficial TO a savage race" he
thinks that the Roman Catholic religion, with its fasts
and festivals would suit the Indians best They do not
see such great difference between the priest and the
medicine II is difference Of degree, not OF
kind; and II backed by little pork and our he 10 apt
TO upon the and medal greater talsmans
than claws Of beasts and bits Of rag and skin and to
think that the missionary makes stronger medicine
than his priest I"
81 am by no means an enthusiast the red Indian
question practical though slight acquaintance with
many tribes has suced 10 dispel the illusions and
youthful fancies OF study Of Fenn
Coopers works. of "Hiawaha," and books OF that
description engendered in my mind. Under the strong
light OF personal observation Of their dizziness, OF
their debasng habits and ideas the halo Of romance
that period Of my lite enveopod them has faded
considerably, though II has not entirely disappeared
have not unnaturaly acquired feeling OF general
hostility toward them, for hunting expeditions they
have bothered very and have interfered con-
sderably with my pleasure and comfort, as am not
one OF those individuals who reve pretend reve
in actual danger and who delight, say they delight
In anticipation Of row. know too we'll what nui-
sance they become how is their fondness
for horsehesh and their unpleasant custom offoowing
out the Mosaic law Of eye for eye and tooth for
tooth. respect their instinct.
l admire their intense love Of freedom, and,
while admitting that Cooper's heroes somewhat
imaginary, i must confess that the noble red man
is not altogether such mythical being one school,
of writer's would have us believe. A problem in
tl.o I..Ata hfo AaU md
a problem they are likely to remain to the end; and
when they have passed forever from this earth
ethnologists will puzzle themselves vainy over
great mass describing accurately enough
their surface life but not searching sufficiently deep
among the springs Of action to afford reliable data
upon which to found authority OF their origin, his
tory and position among creatures Of an extinct race
Of men,"
The Earl OF Dunraven thus describes the ride from
Virginia City to Corrinne in feeling terms That
road must indeed be OF the worst to DO found,
for Mrs Blackmore wife OF the English tourist aer
travelling around the world with her husband,
died from tho effects of the terrible joltng she got
going over that route.
The "Great Divide" makes pretentlons TO being
anything more than a simple record Of pleasure
trip through the Yellowstone country and viewed In
that light criticism disarmed
YACHTING IN THE ARCTIC SEAS; or, Notes OF Five voy-
ages OF Sport and Discovery in the Neighborhood Of
spitzbergen and Noyaya Zemlya BY James Lamont,
+. G. s., +. X. G. s. Edited and illustrated by w.
Linsay NJ. D. London: Chatto Windus. New
York Scribner Wexford Armstrong
Very different from the Earl of Dunravens book is
that OF Mr. James Lamont Both relate to sporting,
but hunting grounds that so unlike they might
be in another world. Though Mr. Lamonts par
TALLY pleasure trip, the spur the love of discov
cry In the preface the author expresses the hope that
he nra of q n
man may stimulate OF leisure and means to
tnuc the exploration Of the Arctic Seas Mr. Lamont
is evidently enthusiast the subject and II is of
just such material that the successful voyager should
be made He does not believe that naval discipline Is
necessary voyage Of discovery. All the thrilling
accounts OF wntering within the Arctic circle have
suggested that high personal qualifications, and these
alone, have kept crews together and served to make
discoveries. His yacht Diana the first steamer
that explored Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea- Mr..
Lamont believed that steam could penetrate where sail
ing vessels could not he proved the truth of his
theory The Diana darted from place to place like a
hrebug OF a summer evening, hoping to find the pas
sage the North Pole, but in that discovery she
not successful For such voyage as this the yacht
had To be specially and peculiarly constructed.
DIANA.
| She is a threemasted schooner, of 2s1 tons, with
compound engines Of thirty horse power, and in her
internal arrangements and fittings she is to speak,
a cross between yacht and a modern Scotch whaler.
She slowed away $50 of coal enough her OF
speed for nearly 10000 miles The Diana is built
what is called the composite princple-that is, her
beams and timbers Of and angle ron and wooden
| plankng bolted to them with Hve-eighth inch yellow
metal bolts She br2ced and fortified inside
with humorous beams and angle IRONS extend
ing in every direction, especially forward Out
SIDE instead OF "copper" she is shcathed with two and
half inch planking Of Australian gumtree or, the
shipbuilders call II, iron bark. She had also heavy
iron stem piece bolted and secured 10 the with
numerous broad bands of iron The propeller was
constructed as to detach and be ho.sted deck
when under sail, but Mr.. Lamont, who was his
captain afterward found that this gave deal OF
trouble and was of very little advantage she carried
spare propeller aud spare shan, both OF
which came INTO active There fifteen souls
on board the yacht the most OF them familiar with
Polar navigation. Although Mr.. Lamont appears to
have had good and quite comfortable time and paints
his voyage in glowing colors would hardly choose
tho Arctic for pleasure yachting. He has tried
almost every place that yacht could sail In and evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed the Polar cruise the most He had
abundance OF walrus hunting and bagged hundred
head Of deer, to mention several bears and
plenty Of birds and fish. Whales
about the only Arctic game that he did
not bag He tells OF Captain Firms method of Staying
whale, which is exciting it is novel; The Cap
tain would approach the whale In his small screw
and fire into the animal shell harpoon weigh
ing twenty pounds and containing nearly pound Of
powder II good ann is secured the whale Is killed out
right In 1868 he secured twenty.four whales by this
method.
wALRus HUNTING.
To help meet the expenses Of his voyage Mr. Lamont
devoted large part Of his time to walrus hunting
Every animal captured worth G12 los. "The more
/ Of walrus hunting" he exclams, "the more
kcenly enjoy t. lisa noble game 1t Is like ele
plant shooting, boar spearing and gigantic exaggera
ton Of salmon fishing all In one thus combining three
OF the grandest sports to which mortal men arc ad-
dicted." peculiarly constructed boat is used
for walrus fishing, and into this you climb
with your instruments or torture As gen.