Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-18

tEfe 10 state. lie uSeu III measuring
the flow OF tides fixed gauge iron
rod planted In the mud. The
average rise of the spring tides at Lady
Franklin bay were found to be eight
feet. At Cape Sabln the highest tidal
rise was twelve feet. The surf was
only observed twice during the two
years nj Lady franklin bay. The
average temperature OF the
water was 20 degrees above
zero. Wolves weighing ninety
pounds were killed around Fort Con-
ger. There are foxes and other ami
mails there. Fish are wonderful scarce.
Perhaps the greatest enterprise 10
the expedition was the taxi
Ing from Like Alexandra "a
fresh-wster lake fiji cen feet above
the sea level, "A four pound salmon.
From the bay or sea only two very
small fish were taken dur
ing the entire two years, and "a
few were found north Of Cape
Sabin. The vegetation around Lady
Franklin bay N about the same rs at
Cape Sabin, and comprises moss, vii
low and saxifrag.
The highest velocity of wind was
registered during terrific snow storm
of seventy miles All hour Leut.
Lockwood's trip TO the North la lSS.
and 1888 were productive
of the most valuable resul
Standing the 18th OF May In each year,
where Dr.llayes had formerly stood al
about the same time of day, LOCKWOOD,
from an elevation of 1000
feet, using his strongest glass
on HALLS basin and Robeson's
channel could discern nothing but ice
picks.l Here 1t was DIR. Hayes claimed
to have seen his open polar sea. IN
the trip OF 1882 Lockwood reached
the highest latitude ever
attained. SO degrees, % minutes
north. This was about 800 miles di.
rectly north of Lady Franklin buy,
but 10 get there he travelled over | 900
miles of open water the
broken packs frequently caus-
ing him to retrace his steus
iif, Y miles. Lieut.. Lock wood sounded
the sea both years between Cape BY
ant and Cape Brittania, but could not
touch the bottom wibu il l5j-iAthnm
he. Markham, fes years bet r.
about loo miles 10 the west, got bot
tom at seventy-two fdthOms.
Lieut.. Lockwood found at his
arthest point north about the same
vegetation ~ ut Lady Franklin bay,
but no signs Of polar current or the
open polar soa. Ia 1888 he WAS stopped
near Cape bryant rs mites
from Lady Franklin bay, by
AN open channel extending west to
the coast of Gfinutll Land. I he width
ofthis channel varied from POO yards 10
81 miles, but on the mort h the Ice pack
extended as tar as could lie seen with
the glass.
No fossil remains were discovered on
the trip and the only ones found were
the trunks of trees on the southwest
coast of Grlnnell Land rbe
only sea animals seen by Lieut.
Lock wood at So deg. - min. were
walrus and seals, and strange to say
the ,walrus ~ not to be found AT Lady
Franklin bay. At So deg. % min
north the detection of magnetic needle
at l0i degrees west was more than one
quarter Of II circle. Az far ~ Lieut..
Lockwood went the Northeastern tread
OF the Greenland coast continued.
The maps of the regions he
discovered are In the possession
of Lieut. Greedy aud were very
carefully made All through the tw"
years at Lady Franklin bay the mag
netic needle was never quiet exc, D
during the storms. On February
Is, 1883, preparations for re-
treat We're made by establishing IA
depot at Cape Bayard, twelve miles
south. Day after day the anxious men
looked over Lady Franklin bay ,x.
pecting the ice To open 20 as to con-
nj thntr inttrn.N bona 4 H..
on August 10, 1883, the wei.
open was brought. All had
been made ready and that day the
party embarked in the little steam
launch. Several times on all the boat
were nearly lost. The suffering of the
men was great. They were now within
iifty miles OF Cape Sabin. In thirteen
days they drifted south twenty-five
miles on Hoes, suffering horribly from
tho cold. So they drifted
within eleven miles of Cape Sabin and
were Obliged TO abandon the steam
launch September 10. The pack now
remained motionless for three days
and several times the pack got within
two on three miles of Cape Sabin only
to be driited back by southwest glaes.
Five seals were killed aud eaten while
the party We're drifting about. SER
TENDER - there arose the most terrible
gale they had yet seen in
the Arctic ocean. Their ice
Hoe was drifted about by the tempest
and the waves washed over tDem
again, the sprays freezing /,
them aud causing them intense suffer
ing. a night came on of inky
blackness, the wind blew the
Hoes hea lily and crash after crash of
Ice breaking from their own lloe
warned the men that death was near.
No man knew when the Hoe might
break up and the water engulf
them. The first faint light
of dawn showed them that
little remained of the Hoes. The sea
bad washed another cose TO them,
Closer IL came, aud at the word
the men succeeded in getting
ON II. The storm slowly
subsidized and they gained land nj
EsquimauN point near bairtl's inlet
September %, Here winter quarters
Were built and scouts were sent 10
Cape Isabella and Cape Sab,n
In few days they returned. Their
report sent a thrill OF horror to every
heart, AT Cape Isabella and Cape Sa.
bin We're found only iations and from
Garliugton's records they learned OF
the fate of the Proteus.
Everyone knew that death must
come Ia nearly al of the party long
before the ship Of rescue could force
its way into Melville bay. Efforts were