The morning times., 1896-09-28


Bring Home the Meteorite.
Halifax. N. s., Sept. 27.-A special
from Sydney. c. B., says:
Lieut.. Peary gives the following ac-
count of his trip to Greenland on the
steamer Hope.
: After leaving Turnavik. Labrador, the
Hope steamed north along the coast. EN-
couniering much heavy ice. She passed
an American whaling bark off Four Peaks
and was detained one day off Cape Chidley
by ice. She obtained three polar bears
there. two being captured alive and un
injured.
she entered the Hudson Straits and
reached IAshe Inlet ON the north SIDE july
% The country ID the vicinity was exam
incd and the pendulum and magnetic OBJ
servations made. They visited the village
OF Hudson Bay Eskimos and obtained
kayaka costumes. They then left the
Hudson Straits for Ceada Passage, through
the icebound Resolution Islands July -,
and the folio wing day attempted to enter
Cumberland Sound, but were prevented By
the heavy ice.
DROPPED THE SCIENTISTS
They bore away for Gold Havens, Green
land, arriving there August 2. Nngnetlc
steamed to AtaBikertiiuk, in the waigatt,
and collected fossils.
- Thence they went to Ornenak, where
Prof. Button and his party were idntird Tor
the summers work; then to Upernavis to
obtain Eskimo hunters for Prof. Tarr. The
next stop was made at Wilcox Heal. Mel
Vile Bay, where Prof. Tarr and his party
were Landed on August Z.
Melville Bay was crossed in spite OF
fa,s, nj fnU m w y-st hours A
large polar bear was killed on the way.
They arrived August at Cape York and
found few natives there, and learned that
influenza had killed twcnty-eight OF the
little tribe; eleven per cent of their entire
number. They also Learned that The an
Eiversary lodge had been burned.
An eclipse OF the sur was observed about
midnight on August 8, They encountered
much ice Off Cape York, in Melville Bay.
and the Hope steamed north and visited
various settlements, obtaining costumes.
tents, sieds. canoes, implements, weapons.
dogs, etc, and making casts, photographs
and measurements OF the people
PLENTY OF HUNTING.
Two or three days were devoted to
walrus hunting. number OF specimens be-
ing secured, also number OF reindeer, mar
whale, white whale, seals, etc
TIE bird cliffs were also visited and
iesof Arc,ic birds in all stages of growth
obtained Bowling Bay ard tie site OF 4 m
Diycrsary Lodge were visl The rodSe
was burned by tue careiessDess II an old
Eskimo wi;ch-
TEey also visited IgCiIEut. The great lire
Stone was secured, fragments Of which
for years lave served The natives as tint
and have been used for lighting their iires-
A. one or the little villages they saw
Miss Bill,'' n little Eskimo girl. whom
Mrs. Peary brought 10 the States for
year SHE is Dow a matroB, with an es-
tablistmcnt Of her own.
SttGaIihg Hor,h again me steamer at
tempted to reach Cape Sabine hut was
prevented by the heavy ice filling.
Smith Sound, the site OF the Polar House,
W hich was visited. and Port Foukc
Hayes winter quarters, were discovered
and he grave OF Soutag Hayes, astronomer,
was rebuilt and Il headstone erected.
. COULDN'T MOVE THE METEOElTE.
Returning to Cape York, August 23,
tte ice had broken up enough 10 allow
the Hope to penetrate into Melville Lay
and reach site of the meteorite. They
Were fortunate in effecting a lan'.ing, but
swo hydraulic jacks were applied and
rendered useless in tearing the iron monster
from its frozen bed.
third failed L few days later, and
moving the metcoritc then became 20 slow
that before IL could be embarked. tn Hope
was Compelled by the Ice to retreat Sep
tenber 3. and a large bear was seen on The
summit OF an ice berg and killed.
The vessel left Cape York the 4th, and
after three days of fog reached Wilcox
Head the 7th- They found Prof Tarrand
marty all well and much valuable work ac-
Complished.
They took them on beard. touched at
Upernanik. landed the natives and reached
oreBeak the 9th. They found Button and
party all well and with extensive results
rrom their five weeks work, and received
them on board and proceeded to Atanikefd-
Lux
hey then embarked the Bartlett party.
with several tons Of fossils, and steamed
TO Gold II aven, where the Hope was
trimmed for the homeward voyage. cross
ing the strait to Cumberland Sound. they
encountered a heavy sea and lost u Loat
q nd scIac minor articles. The Hope was
caug,h i'll the ice eff Cape Mercy and held
fast for two days and half.
BE- A sEvEREIwINTER.
Nian,ilfk. whaling station, in Cum
beriaud Sound. was reached September
II. Each OF The Scotch and American
stations in this vicinity have killed il whale
this season. This good fortune .sas off
set by the loss OF three men. Capt. Timothy
Clisby of Nantucket. Rev. j. c. Parker OF
Ware, England; aud Alexander Hall of
Peter Head. Scotland, and four tatives,
by the capsizing OF whaieboat.
On August they anchored IN the winter
harbor, where Putnam made magnetic and
pendulum observations; the y then embarked
wha lebone from the American station Mr..
Jensen and Rev. Mr.. Peck, an English
missionary to the Sound, were Goth de-
sirous OF passage home, which was granted.
The former, in winter siedge trip to
Frobeshere Bay found and bought out the
Frobeshere anvil seen by Hall. This he
presented TO the party. They sailed early
on the morning ofthe l 9Th, favorable winds
prevailing the entire distance, and the
voyage to Sidney was made in seven days.
The past winter in Greenland has been
one of unusual severity, and the summer
has been marked by much wind and an
unusual amount of heavy Ice, particularly
along the west side.
.a. SIX DAYS ON A BERG.
The entire coast from Turnayik Island,
Labrador, to Cape Sabine was blocked by
large barriers Of ice Till late iD August,
yet the voyage was completed without
nIishap, OH proposed time schedule. The
contents OF over a hundred cases will,
through the interest of President Morris
K. Jessup, enrich the collections OF Ameri
can museums with much valuable M material.
One nlb pickeu. up was d Dane Hduleu
Jensen, who was member of u whaling
station party, who has been In Greenland
two years. He had been out six days on
a floating iceberg in Bobbinsland Bay.
without food or water, and had both feet
SO badly frozen that the captain was
obliged to amputate both limbs be-
low the instep, the operation being per-
formed with q razor. The man has about
$4,000 worth OF whalebone On board
the Hope.
The party will leave tomorrow by rail
for their several homes. The two polar
bears and ten Eskimos were landed yes
fard nd placad in a hQY raad fax