The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-01
The Captain Of the Falcon Meets the
Colorado Jaekass.
QUEER THINGS TO BE SEEN ON THE
PEARY PARTY'S VESSEL.
The Burros Are just Now In Com mand
and Living on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Dogs and Twenty-six Carrier Pigeons
on the Passenger List-The Expeditions
House. Boats and Miscellaneous Be-
Iongings.

New YORK, June 29.- The burros
shifted the salt sea air, the dogs barked,
the pigeons cooed and the engines puffed
and painted as the sealer Falcon hove in
sight off the Narrows yesterday AFTER
noon. Every signal of the international
code futtered from the halliards of the
vessel, her smokestack shone like pol
ished boot, her hull glistened with new
paint, and every mast and spar was of
| the hue Of the yellow primrose. From
| the barrels on the masthead to her keel
the Falcon was spick and span, yet she
was not on dress parade. The decks
were covered with all manner of strange
things, and her deckhouse was almost
buried under planks, boats and boxes.
| She was strewn with hay, in which the
| burros rolled when they were not vaunt-
| ing themselves on the forecastle deck or
| trying to smash the bulwarks. Those
| burros would have balanced themselves
on the bowsprit, manned the yards and
clambered up the mainstays if Chief Of
| fioer Tracy had not kept them back with
club. The Esquimaux dogs rallied
| around the sternpost. They sa1uted the
| burros with yelps of derision and barks
| of defiance. The burres said nothing
and ehewed hay. tssS@gS
| She is thoroughly equipped vessel
and his party will sail for the Polar re-
gions. The Falcon had some cargo be-
| fore she reached New York. Down In
the ho'd there was house snugly packed
away in sections. Perched upon the
| deckhouse Of the Falcon. was Q little
structure which resembled switchman's
| box. 1t will be used as an observation
house, and will also serve as a smoking
room in the lower latitudes. Inside
there was stove, a spring mattress and
some chairs. 1t was flanked by boats,
great and small. There was trim steam
launch, the boat Mary Peary and several
big whaleboats. There were piles of
heavy pine timbers, and number of
machine crates.
'sThose." explained Captain Bartlett.
the master of the ship, stare the state
| rooms of the burros. Tracy, get that
! animal by the ears and drag him out of
the hold. These burros are too free and
easy. Say, Tracy, are You going to let
| that Colorado iacRasS chew up all the
cartridges on board? Never Saw such
creatures. Saw .burros' written on the
manifest, and l thought that the
. lieutenant meant 'bureaus' reported
eight bureaus missing and eight long
cared rnutineers over"
The sledges which the exploring party
will use on their Journey over fields Of
lands. The dogs will noedo much SER
vice as draught animals until they reach
the higher ATTITUDES. The burros will
draw the sledges as far north as possible
When they are unable to endure the
rigors of the winter further they win be
killed and fed to the dogs. In cote on
the deck were twsnty-six carrier
| pigeons, which will be used in carrying
messages between Lieutenant Peary's
arctic home and the exploring party.
| For five or six hours yesterday the ste
vedores were busy loading the vessel.
| There were long piles of odd-looking
bales and boxes piled up on the pier.
| There were cases of army bread, canned
tomatoes, jars of Boston baked beans,
boxes Of flour and corn meal, pemmican,
ground coffee, cases of rifles, boxes Of
cartridges, preserved peacEes, cans of
Boston brownbread and tins of preserved
meats. There was sewing machine. a
refrigerator and table. The largest
room in the cabin has been reserved for
the use Of Mrs. Peary. There are IS
in the party, and the crew of the Falcon
consists OF IS men. The vessel was
open for exhibition yesterday, and many
| people wandered over the decks, peeped
into the cabins and caught the appetiz-
ing odors from the ships galley. The
public will have an opportunity of view
ing the svessel until this evening, when
she sails for Boston. The Falcon will
remain there short time and then pro-
| ceed on her northward course, touching
| at Portland, Me-, where Lieutenant Pea
| ry formerly lived.