The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
A HUNTERS PARADISE.
Abundance oE Gamo Amoug Greeniandt
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Abundance oE cnmo Amoug Greenland's
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To one whose knowledge of Green
land consists of a dim recollection of
what he read of the Arctic explorations
of Franklin or Kane or scme other har-
dy navigator, the prospects of finding
perpetual ice and snow, with conse-
quent cold and discomfort, would seem
much brighter than the hope of getting
much game or valuable trophies of
.sportsmans craft in Greenland
But the truth is Cape Farewell is not
SO far north as the Shetland islands,
off the north coast of Scotland, and al
though the climate of Greenland is
colder than that of that corner of the
British empire, it is at least as enjoyable.
Besides Greenland is pretty large
country, Upernavik, the most northern
settlement where a white man can be
found, being about 500 miles from
Kujatdlek at Cape Farewell. There is
difference in climate between the two
places, but there is no reason why any
adventurous sportsman of means should
not visit both places and go still further
north during one season, and return to
the United States, not only safely, but
with hardly days discomfort.
The best way to go to Greenland for
an outing is in yacht built for that
purpose. A suitable vessel would not
cost very much, as $4,000 would be a
large sum TO invest in one, while in the
right hands 81 600 would serve. In ST.
John, N. b., the little fishing schooners
used at that port and known as pinlzies
and also as hen-tails boats that can
keep at sea in the heaviest gales, are
built for $500. A pinl1ie could be easily
fitted for the service and, because of
its sharp lines aft being well fitted to
run before a heavy sea, would be a very
desirable model.
For the sake Of seeing the entire coast,
one may land first near Cape Farewell
perhaps at JulianGshaab. To find the
settlements one needs good chart, and
none is on sale except in Copenhagen.
At Julianashaab, besides the fishing
and the small game, one might have the
luck to meet some of the savage or wild
Esquimaus though they do not usually
appear before July Nearly every year
a number of natives from up the east
coast comes to Julianashaab to trade
furs for the goods OF the white man.
Some of them come so far that it takes
three years for them to make the jour
ney. They travel in the .oomiaks, or
woman boats, but because the ice is so
plentiful on the east coast they travel
very slowly.
Nowhere on the American continent
is there better opportunity for secur-
ing game, not only in quantity but in
variety as well, than in Greenland. Po-
lar bears, mountain goats, wild fowl,
walrus, seal, almost everything imagin-
able to delight the eye of the sportsman.
Beginning fifty or sixty miles north of
Arsuk ford is the reindeer ground. A
guide procured at Frederickshaab can
put the sportsman where deer a-plenty
could be had, and they are well worth
having. Although small, big, fat
buck weighing only 1875 pounds, the
skin makes the thickest, softest, warm
est rug imaginable.
The reindeer head makes an unually
attractive trophy. Not only is it grace
full in shape, but the horns are remark
ably large for the size of the head. 1t
is scarcely necessary to mention the
value of any trophy that comes from
Greenland but it should be said that
neither the late Spencer f. Baird nor
Judge Cation, of Chicago, was able to
describe this animal in detail because
of lack of specimens.-N. Y. Sun.