New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-20

river they estimate at about 200 miles. Inc
average width Of the river Is SUI 1eeb; lls ueP'"
except at the rapids is from 10 to IL leet -,
The explorers now turned their faces hOne"hfu
In the tramp back through the woods TO the spot
where the canoe was left they got entangled III
acustTine region, and wandered for a time through
boys and swanips, unable 10 find their way out OF
the labyrinth Of laIes-cOld, wet, miserable ana
exhausted. At length, when almost respondent,
they regained the track an! reached the canoe;
Once they embarked on the river their cnlel
troubles were ended. The swift-lOwing current
carried them down rapidly, and in seven days
they reached the mouth of the rivera distance
which required months hard toll in ascending.
Our troubles often arise from trivial causes
In packing their provisions before starting by
some accident or carelessuess on the part OF the
supplier, the hard biscuits, so suitable for such
q tramp, were left behind. Worse still, they
found that their soap had also been left out
depend on cakes hastily baked from -four Had
they not brought some tins Of baked beans ana
cans Of preserved meat they would have iared
worse The ANNOYANCE caused by the want OF
soap was keenly felt. 1t was impossible to get
any article properly washed, or TO have purify
ing wash or bath. Their delight in the use of
the. first piece of soap they got hold OF after
We do not know the value OF our commonplace
comforts till we lose them. ,--.,o.
On September Is they arrived at Northwest
River. where they were detained for a week by
heavy gales They reached Rigolet on September
22 Chief Factor Bell courteously placed small
schooner at their service, which carried them 20
good fortune to catch the Norwegian, steamer
Ryvingen starting. for St! Johns, where she
arrived in fOrtyeight hours After all their hard,
ships and perls they returned in excellent health
and spirits. In st. Johns they met with thai
warm-hearted hospitality for which its people
are noted. To none Is this hospitality more
cordially extended than 10 Americans.
During their journey up the river they were
fortunate enough TO shoot two black bears on
whose flesh they had several good square meals
They also shot spruce partrdges, wild geese etc,
and saw numbers OF beaver and otter. The
weather. on the whole, was fine. On the descent
Professor KenastOn made compass survey OF
the river sketching in the topography. ms
will enable him TO construct map OF the river
and the country through which II runs; IL VIE
thus be ssen that our explorers have done good
solid work, and have enlarged our knOwledge
of the interior of this remote and almost unknown
land. Others will follow where they have lea
the way. Their courage perseverance ana nero
ism in meeting and cOnGuering difficulties OF no
ordinary character merit the highest praise
They have. moreover. done their WORK n0dcstly,
quietly and without any flourish OF trumpetS
1t will he n long time before the Grand rails
of Labrador become q resort for ordinary tour
lists Nature has placed this magnificent cataract
in one Of her deepest solitudes and guarded the
approaches to it with jealous care For unknown
myriads of years its deep thunderous diapason
has been resOunding through this grin Wider
ness. the only listeners TO its music being me
wild creatures that roam through these deserts:
Thousands on thousands Of years before the
foundations Of the Great Pyramid were lald-
before Eden bOomed-away through the corrl1
doris of time" till the close of the glacial period
when the great ice-cap 5000 feet thick, was
lifted from Labrador and It's river systems were
shaDed, we must look for the genesis of the Grand
Falls When we look at the great chasm in the
solid rocll-twenty-fve or thirty miles in length
and 300 feet in depth-which this river mas
slowly excavated, as IL cut its way backward az
the rate of n few feet in a century, we obtain
some dim idea of the length of time, that has
elapsed since its waters began to flow Inc
imagination faintS at the conception! what are
we in comparison but ephemera Of an hour
Man and all his works are but Of yesterday. when
contrasted with this creation Of the gray morning
Of time, in the vast lonely land where desola-
ton sits enthroned for evermOre.