The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-10

time the surrounding icc-tabl,s were found 10y
actual measurement to bo more than twenty
seven fcotthirk.
A. the End " Au aust 1873 the situation NJ the
vessel WINS latitul, 10 50 ". longitude 80 80
T.. the drifs.n.t. february having been at first
to The north st and then to the north On the
| 3n,h n August says the narrative. about mid
day. i.- w, W ,rc lrnning on the bulwarks Of the
ship and scanning the gliding mIsts. through
! which the rnVs of the sun broke ever and anon.
| a. wall NJ M 49, light NJ nsclf up suddenly re-
! vclol t1 las anr on IN the northwest. the out
/ lines Of boil re- ks. which in few minutes
seemed To grow into II radiant Alpine mndl AZ
first we all stood transANcd 10y what we saw.
/ Teen. carried awny hy the reality Of our good
fortune. W. burst forth into shouts Of JOY
Land. lun.l. lund at lustr" And thus was dis
! covered the notthcrnmcst known country on
\ ,.cllphc. which the expedition subsequently
traced to n'yond the cgty-third parallel Of
north lat tutr. and upon which was appropri-
IN bo=iO WDi tn" namo oi Kaiser Frann-JOsct
l..i!. "a uonOr OF tho Austro- Hungarian en-
pcrur.
1t was not until the fst Of November. 1879
that the explorers actually set foot upon this
strange lund. hitherto unknown to man. aud of
which they wore the involuntary discoverers.
The WAS too late IN the season for HnvcXtcndcd
survey. und non" " ~ ATTEMPTED. The expedition
= 'lltu NNWl ltll u = ''Inl ltllI WlhlfI WIN u
nieht 20 days long. during which the ship re-
| malucd stationary and close to IN" coast This
" inter- Wis passed more pleasantly. because
more hopefully. than the first. The spring and
summer were to Ice spent in sedgc iournryings.
.t'r which. us the commanders resolved before
tine sl0d- ng began. the Tegrtthon was to be-
abandoned. aud an attempt WIS To- be made 10
return 10 luropchy MEANS OF slcdgcs and bouts.
Vhr three -icl..r journeys which Lieut.. Payer
-u lu.uiy mnic. show that kais Franz
josef Land. so furu- explored. isalmort a. large
as spt1ucrgon. 1t lies directly north Of Nova
I'wbn. and IL divided 10y II broad arm Of tn"
sou street hing northwurd. and named Austria
Sound. into two extensive mHsses-W ilrzrk
Land ON the cast. and Llchy Liant on the west.
The extreme northern point reached 10y Payer
was Cape fngoy on Austria Sound. in latitude
- 3 north whence he could blue
mountain ranges from sixty TO seventy miles
further north. estimated to be- beyond the eighty
| third parallel. Commander Aldrch. OF the re-
'"nt English expedition. actually passed
around Cap Columbia. on the American shore
of the so-callcd Palace 'rystic sea. in latitude 81
7 north. and writer in the EdublWgh Re-
riHc has contcndrd that. in view of this fact.
Franz-Jos cf Land can hardly still be regarded
us the north"rnmo-t land yct known. We think.
however that the evidence points To- an extern
sion of Frnz-Jo,ri Land. further northward
dian Allri'h Cape Columbia The mountains
which Payer saw beyond latitude So probably
have long slope ON their northern side suf-
q lent to carry the land more than OF latitude
further north.
Enormou, glaciers ovcrsprcal much Of this
country. a. srcndng from mountains who's"
height varies from 5000 To- 5000 feet and viii IN
rise not in ranges but ia isolated groups.
covering of dHzling whit'ness il spread over
everything The natural color OF the rocks was
not visible. as is usually the caso; even the
steop,st walls OF rock were covered with icr. the
IONS squrnre OF inressant precipitation. and Of
the condensation of the excessive moisture on
the cold faces of the rock" No traces Of human
inhabitants were met with. and il seems doubt
iul whether Esluimaux could find subsistence
there. sparse - the animal life. The only
living creatures encountered in the southern
part of the country were migratory birds and
Polar bears. Vegetation is also exceedingly
~unty. lacking even the siuntod bushes and
willows of Greenland. Sptlbergcn, and Nova
Iembla. and comprising little more than moses.
nehrns. and IA fc~ siass's ,.
After the return OF the third sledslug party.
the resolution to abandon tho ship and seek
Europe over Ice AMI through sea was carried
I INTO elect Three boats and three slcdecs were
taken laden with provisions and other necrs-
sary articles f0r tho journey. and with Thorn the
entire party, twenty three In all tone man hay
ing diedl. set out on their pcrilous undertaking
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