, 1879-02-20

Capt. 4. y. Tuitlc, the Arctic navigator, who
claims to havu had, and probably has l,at, n
longcr anl mere yarlcd experience as seaman
tttan almost any nlan riow living. was Ia the city
yesterday on hsa wny to Washington to ncEo-
tiatc with the Gnvcrnucnt for small sten,ner
to asstst III his further explorations IN Arctic
seas. Cant. 1uttio has been all over the globe,
he tayt, has eal1el In every sea, niltl has made
twenty voyages to the Arrtc regions. SINE hts
early n.aoilood iu In. necn Captaln Of whaling
nnt surveying ahtps. Onr OF tho things t]Iut
particularly attracted his attention III sailing
noTthwartl wis, lllAt e fund tllc aca more md
nure open. especially eycry fourth ycsr. IIc
frntn 1inkodnt!0, japan. In n lull-rigEed shtp,
with forty.flve men all told. In latitude
IS ho foilt,d M open sea clear Of Ice. III
l,0titudc y he Noticed NJ, extraordinary
sul,nttings discovered The calsse.of It to be I'm
mcIlsc ioa1s OF II magnetic suhstnnco In 1yo
fathGtns 0! water. II was mixed with minerals
ana e particles OF gold' In latitude y he en-.
water, nfnl extending In hight In some places
over 400 feet. It stretched east mud west as fur
us tho eye could reach. liu here discovered thnt
thu ncrdlc polluted due south. uni IN his own
mind concluded that tAc magnetic deposit hu
ad passcll t,ul Rpnn collttection with the d[rcc-
ton tn which tte ::cetale 1lsuuliY pointed. BY
ctstubi. to the highest points on the Icy barrier,
he could see directly Into Al, open polar sca
casswardly, lle fund passage through tnto
tl[s sea, with depth Of ninety fat!,usns, Or go
feet. 1'l,u watcr WIS quitu warm, md Il gulf
stream vas steadily Rettsng out Will, a velocity
through this passage In wha!c-boats, nntl tol,nu
It to bc about eighteen mics wide. In the north
part Of this open sea he found licnrlT trcsh
leaves nf nlantans, bananas. Mfid other tropical
nntstloattng on the Untcr. and showing that they
hnd been oil ile trees but n short tling. Last
Dctohcr hu ioand II large female whao going
north through the open nassnge bcforo mcr-
t!uled, and ale0 saw migratory birds going
north. In duly these bftis rent baGlt bnith
With their young, md about lie saune lime he
observed whales going sontl, With their young.
From these facts lle concludes Tint during
considerable part Of tllr yoaF there 10 warm eli
produce tropical fruita. In tic ice.barrirr on
one OF ffs trims he found homes alA tusks OF The
mastodon, which In 1916 he carried to the Cent
tenntal nt Philadelphia. They were 80 large tilat
they la!oneed must lIayc been forty. feet in
length, lie Rleo found 6ome hard WOOD III the
sllapc oi tsoughs inbcdded In the lee. They
looked like fectllng-trougt,s, md tho edges Ind
mails. In sailing west, he struck thu north part
Of tic cuast OF New Siberia, where he found
rurc of people tint lie thought NJ one had ever
seen helore or heard Of. They snoke nn un-
'rllry spokn lev words 0! Hawaiian and ,he
EsHulmulIx lnnglaEc, ustl, With these and tho
ail OF sgns. they conveyed tllo Idea that they
came from tho North. lie VIVA little acqtaint-
cd with tile Esqu,maux language, having passed.
four winters With that peol,!e, living OH raw
walrus, whase-biubbes, u,s.l bcar-mcat. During
oEo of tllcse winters. which are without day.
Hight, tr made Journey vi 850 miles ia tic
dnrk. During his ADVENTUROUS CAREER he has
met with many dIsasters, tic most serious Of
which was au encounter With polar bear. lie
tlal hOth artns mud both legs brukun, nsil lost
nnc finger Of his left hand, another hclng no
badly larcrated by tho teeth nj tho aniu1a! tsmt
it ID satlly OFT o. silapc lie also lost two Ribs,
wll!cl, bears the marks Ut wounds which II
scccnis Utmost incredible that mnn could re-
ceive aud 1--we. The pular beaFa ntta!n m inercd-
ibio stzc, sumo being reported to weigh as mnuh
other trip to further explore that oprn potur
sea, hut needs small steamer fur towing plr-
poses, which he hopes to ohtatn from tho Coy
trnment-