The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-09-14
THE EXPLORER SAFE AND SOUND
AT HIS WINTER HOME.
He Crosses Melville Bay in the Best
Time on Record.
"FALCoN HARBOR.
"HEAD OF BoWDoIN BAY.
"GREENLAND, AUG. 20, 1898.

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ON the 3D. Of August, after a successful
though disagreeabe voyage owing to
the constant succe ssion Of fog and rain.
After leaving Battle Harbor, Labrador
stops were made at Hopedale and |
0kak, Moravian mission stations in
Labrador, FOR d s., twenty OF which |
were obtained, The Falcon then bore
away across DAVIS Strait to Holstein-
burg, in south vest Greenland, where
she arrived on til Goth of July. Nine
teen dogs and ~ kayak (native mans
boat) we're obtained here, and after Il
stay OF some flvA hours the Falcon
steamed northwari reaching Godhavn
on Disco Island, IN the 2Sth. Here
twenty one dogs, another kayak, and
the fur clothing ordered last spring Of
the Danish Government were obtained
and after a stop Of fifteen hours the
ship again headed northward, arriving
at Upernavik two days laer
"Only few dogs being ootuinable
here stop Of only three hours was
made, and, with q native pilot on board
the ship steamed to Tasuisak, about
forty miles further north, the most
northern white settlement on the face
of the globe Here seventeen dogs
we're obtained, making a grand total
Of eighty-four.
"The stay here was only long enough
to put the dogs on board and, eight
hours later, the Falcon was at Duck
Islands on the southern edge OF Mel
vile Bay. Five or six hours were spent
here in the effort to get supply OF
ducks, but the laleness of the season
and the previous visit Of five whalers
had so dimini.hed the ducks and
made them so Wild that the effort was
unsuccessful.
Leaving the Duck Islands at 4 40
P. M. on July 81, the Falcon steamed
past the point OF Cape York at 3 80 z.
M. on Aug /, having made the run
from Duck Islands to Cape York In
twenty-four hours and fifty minutes
the quickest passage on record through
Melville Bay.
"The native settlement at Cape York
was visited in order to make inquiries
in regard to MIR Verhoeif the mem
Der Of Peary's last expedition, who j.
believed to have persisted in crevas-
sci but no iidings could be obtained
though found there one Of the Eski-
mos who had been living with me al
Red Clilfe House, and who was there
when the Kite left for the south in Au
gust last year and who had been witt
me in the search FOR Vorhoef
"Steaming n0rthward an effort wal
made to find natives on Saunders Is
land and at North Star Bay, but with
out success. At Netchiloome, Just q
the entrance to v hale Sound, two ma
tive families were found, old acquaint
ance who had visited Red Clife House
They had neither seen nor heard any
thing OF Verhoetf Both these families
with all their belongings and about
ton of norwhal and walrus meat TO
the dogs, were taken on board ant
brought to the site selected for the ney
house, a site which | noticed a yea
ago as being particularly suitable 70
our purpose.
"The location is at the head OF lii
tie rockDound harbor, which is itsel
at the head OF Bowdoin Bay, and i
perfectly protected from wind an,
storm and gives easy access to th
island ice Ate landing the materia
and getting The house we'll started
with a few membvrs of my party o,
board, we steamrd to the walru
grounds in Whale Sound, where tween
ty-four were captur d in one evening
and then to the elder duck and wslru
haunts in the neighb >rhood Of Little
ton Island Here, however, Only fv
welrus and few ducks were obtaine
on account Of the weather A look wa
taken along the ice from Cairn Poin
to Cape Isabella. and so far it ha
been undisturbed this season
1--WE then visited the site Of Poari