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MRS. fE4RY.

ant Peary's chief dependence, gave tn from
hardship. The dogs pertshed in great num-
.bers and iroze into solid blocks.
After the storm was ever the whole party
returned to Anniversary Lodge, where they
LETT three sick men, together with plenty Of
supplies to form basis OF operations. Then
the four healthy ones. Lieutenant Peary.
Entrekin, Clarke and Baldwin, started again
and continued onward for fourteen days.
But the dogs still continued to die. Those
left were unable to drag the
sledges and provisions. The party was
20 weakened by exposure and the time oc-
eupied in travelling was 80 long as to render
It impossible to reach Independence Bay In
time to accomplish anything. Consequently
Lieutenant Peary decided to abandon the
attempt to cross Greenland and returned to
headquarters, which were reached on April
30.
: The party was absent forty-ave days and
only got 130 miles away. It started with
ninstytwo dogs and returned with only
twenty-six. after having abandoned all the
sledges on the way. 1t covered only q
quarter OF the distance necessary and never
made more than twenty miles in any day.
The members OF the party assert that their
experience in the equinoctial gales was
worse than that OF any previous Arctic e4-
plorers. All had very narrow escapes from
being frozen to death. Davidson was sick
for four months after his experience. En-
tsekin had both his feet badly frost-bitten.
After the party regained health other ex.
plorations In the ueiShborhood were organ
4zed. Astrup made survey OF the unex.
plored part 0f the coast of Melville Bay and
eharted $50 miles OF It. He had a native crew
Of Ave mento help him.
Lieutenant Peary and his wife made a
sledge journey to Olrike Bay, 100 miles DIS
tant. Entrekin and DR.. Vincent started to
try to reach Kane's winter quarters at Lit
tleton Island, but the ice broke. up, compel
ling them to return.
The auxiliary expedition, which sailed
from here on July on board the
steamer Falcon, met with a great deal oil
lee, and the steamer was seriously
hampered in her operations. She had
extreme difficulty in making her way
through the Ice foes and only sighted
Bowdoin Bay on July IS. Then an Ice
pack thirty-fve miles wide prevented COM
munication with the shore until August IL,
and the steamer only anchored in Falcon
Harbor on August 20. She found all the
Feary party In good health and spirits and
glad ofthe opportunity to return home.
While going north the Falcon searched
Carey Islands. Cape Faraday and Clarence
Head, but found no traces OF the long miss
ing SWeuf6n explOr9rs btOr1un3 anu Mar
sfenius, who sailed from here IN June,
1892, In the little schooner Ripple. Their
death is now regarded as certain. The Fall
con secured some relics on Carey Islands
and buried a skeleton supposed to be that
Of q sailor.
Lieutenent Peary decided to remain an
other year In the North and try to cross
Greenland next year. Lee and Hensen
agreed to remain with him.
After the combined parties had engaged In
o hunt preparations for departure were
made on August 26. Mrs. Peary. her dausn-
fer, Mrs. Cross, the nurse. and an Esqulmau
girl attendant were taken aboard and the
Falcon started southwark.
Mr.. Peary decided to accompany the ship
TO Cape York to. superintend shipping
neteorite which he had examined while on
sledge journey, and arriving at Cape York
On August az the ice OF the cape was found
intact, and thus all hope OF reaching the
meteorite, twenty miles distant, was dis
PEELED.
The Falcon carried Mr.. Peary north to
Patom1k glacier, latitude seventy six degrees
lfteen minutes, where he bade his vile ana
daughter farewell and clambered down into
his whaleooat. which, with his crew OF Hem
I'm and FIVE Esquimaux, was awaiting him.
The Falcon fred parting salute. and Mr.
Peary, erect and resoluts, stood In the stern
8 his Httlo boat and waved farewell IN