Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-22

whalers be asked that when they 20 past
the Cary Islands, they usually do. they
visit the summit of the highest island and
obtain the documents which intend to de-
posit there"
According to a letter from Kallstenius.
Godthaab was reached on July -. and was
left behind on August 3 Mr.. Jorgensen,
governor of the colony, states that Rjorling
there purchased a shotgun and a rifle with
The necessary ammunition, well as some
provisions. clothing. &c. and good boat.
He also carried good scientific Instruments.
in part loaned by scien. ific institutions of
Stockholm. He also seems to have had a
sufficient store of winter clothing but his
provisions were not sufficient for winter
ing. His last letter arrived more than a
year ago. Autumn passed away. and the
last Greenland vessel reached Copenhagen
put without news from the expedition. AS
however. IL might have reached the Dam
ish colonies after the departure of the last
vessel, and as Bjorling had indicated the
possibility of wintering. no great alarm
was felt The Swedish foreign office how
ever took energetic, measures in order 10
obtain Information concerning the explorers
IL requested the whalers to visit the Cary
Islands: to obtain the documents referred
10 by Bjorling, and. IL also asked Pearv
who was about to start on his second trip.
to keep a lookout for any traces of the
missing Swedes. Peary had met Bjorling
near Godthaab on his outward trim but
seen nothing of him on his return.
The Wrecked vessel
At last. on November Il. 1919. a tele-
gram from Dundee brought the first news
About the middle of June last the watch
IN the crows nest of the whaler Aurora
Capt. Mckay. passing near the most south
easterly of the Cary Islands discovered
near that island an object looking like +.
wreck. boat was Immediately lowered
and rowed over The schooner Ripple was
found lying on tn shore. almost buried in
ice. Not far away was found a nile Of
stones. containing the body of a man. Me- >
by was a large mound, probably the s.cairr,',
LETT there by Mares. In this was found n
TN can. containing four open letters writ
ten by Bjorling, and a sealed letter ad-
dressed to person at st. Johns Although
the vessel lay cast up on the shore IL was
NOT possible to get into ii. because the
deck was covered with ice i'm some places
several feet thick. All around were found
books. articles of clothing. &c. which were
all packed In box, obtained from the
wreck. This box arrived in Stockholm hut
contained nothing that could give additional
light.
The open communications consisted of
three visiting cards and letter. One of the
cards contained request addressed to ons.
or the Peary party to transmit the accom-
panylng letter to a certain person i'm 81
John s. This was written i'm ink So was
Bjorlins visited the Cary Islands on August
III. lSH2. having left Godthaab on August .
and sailed along the ice in Baffin bay tiIl
the 18th, when he passed in one day through
aeN,nie oaH- Inis seems TO
indicate that the Ripple was not ouife So
frail as had been thought. From Cane York
the vessel had been driven by storm as
Iar as cape Parry. whence they had sailed
for the Cary Islands. On the last named
card there is an addition in pencil dated
August Ia. that is. the day after their ar
rival on the islands. In il Bjorling states
that the schooner had run aground after the
provisions from Mares depot had been nut
on board. third card states that a trim
by boat was undertaken northward with the
intention of reaching Foulke ford; that
further information would be deposited I'm
Pandora harbor. and that their provisions
with the additions from the English depot
would last till June, 1893. The last and
most detailed communication is written I'm
pencil on a little sheet of letter paper. Ii
reads thus:
SIN Undaunted.
"As you will learn from my communica-
tions here deposited, 1 tried after the loss