Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19

grecs and 10 minutes north, and it was there the baby was born, as aforesaid At that time tn" weather was still quite mild and the days some l5 hours long. but they shortened rapidly. and winter came as it does ill the far north, with amazing suddenness.
 For Il3 days the sun never appeared above the horizon, and the temperature ranged from 20 to 10 below zero and occasionally much lower, but there was the usual supply of moonlight, and it was indescribably brilliant, for of all the beauties of nature none is more dag zlingly beautiful than the night sky of the far north. The natives winter in ice huts, but the Pcarys had good sized double house, which tho lieuten- ant took with him, all prepared to set up, and their oil fuel made it comfort ably warm throughout. Besides nursing the baby partoOk freely of condensed milk and other infant food and soon developed such an appetite that she took heavier food and at months ate just what the rest did. At 10 months she weighed 25 pounds.
 The Eskimo says Mrs. Peary do not make particularly good serv- ants. Bill. tho little native nurse l brought, Is rather more intelligent than tho average and is very fond of baby, a sentiment that Marie fully recipro. Catcs. l did not intend to bring her with me, but she begged so hard to come, and her father was so anxious to have her do so, that l consented. She is the first Eskimo from that part of Greenland to journey south, and when she returns next fall with baby and me she will be n great heroine. I didn't want to como back at all. on account of leaving my husband. but Dr. Vincent was return ing, and was afraid to stay with baby and no physician during the teething time. Of course the life there was very monotonous, but was too busy caring for my small family to have much time to indulge homesickncss. l had my pie lures and books and read great deal in the long winter evenings.
 We have in Greenland q summer of nearly four months, during which the temperature is sometimes as high as 60 degrees and the vegetation is very luxuriant The grass grows often a foot high over the old 'igloos. or huts, and is plentifully sprinklcd with bright yell low pOppies, polcutillas. bluebells and rhododendrons. but there are no trees worthy tho name. During the mild sea- son the skies and waters are beautifully blue. and the air is wonderfully soft and clear.
 II dressed there outwardly exactly as 1 do here. Of course I had to wear very heavy underclothing. and in win ter deerskin stockings, with the fur turned ill, reaching above the knee, and sealskin boots. The latter were rather clumsy, but very warm and comforta. ble. When l went sledging, I wore q long fur coat, which enveloped me from head to foot"
 The Peary party was very we'll SUD- piled with canned vegetables of many kinds, and the hunters brought in abun- dance of deer meet. The cooking and heating were done with oil There was mono of that trouble of keeping things which is ever on the minds of house. keepers in warmer lands, and vegetables went direct from the can and fresh meat from its frozen state into the hot water. But, for all that. life in the arc tic regions is hard and nature, to pre- serve human race there, is obliged to deaden its nervous sensibilities and load 1t with fat. Mrs Peary and little Marie Ahmigito will try it again, however.