New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-14

our oplv food In the evening we fried 1t in large
aluminium frying pan IN the morning. ny h me 70
keep IL warmer both slept In one Dag; " a'ur
taken altogether we were quite % he level
Of the ground and therefore fairly well pro
ssed from I'd the h yon' T By the hep Of our
W. succeeded in keeping the tempe otuiv ,yas of
aeou. ensgcPoby cWe Those covered
with n thick coating Of rime and ice when III t',e
ianplight impaired beautiful marmorea appeai appeal
ance to the walls of the hut that in our happier
moments We could dream tnat we o"e'' III '''' wv
The hut was about ten feet long. six feet broad
and hifh enough IN some places 10 ai'o ,r~a oi
sandnS noS w never quite succeeded IN getting
1t even tolerably smooth. ana our os horfore TO
bend he body into the most varied positions IN Or
der 10 discover the one IN which the p'e''"e ~
stones was least felt
HOW TIME PASSED
We had no work which could help to MAKE t,,d
time pass did little else than SLEEP the Old be
lief that scurvy arises from want OF exercse' .i'
striking p0D n ,nai suc Continual S un!mparei
the whole time and we always consumed our V 1Th
flesh and fat Win the w sa%s tae an
walk every day in the dark outside the hut put
often 1t stormy that II was MOI sS TO our p
ppaace several DAYS would often pass IN when we
lay quite stu n at at of FOODS Sea Compelled to
ou fetch ice or to drag In the carcass VI 'es u
After November we were not visited again 10y, by
bears until March. and our only csnpamy ~ ,iv
SAT upon the roof OF our hut, whence we could near
their perpetual gnawing at our frozen nnms, COM
fortably at home listening to the rats In me ois
above: and by no means grudged mem "t the
white variety and Of the valuable dark, furrnd KIND,
and had we been inclined we could easily nay
90 y mm,intion however not 30 large as 10 al
low. my opinion Of our spendng re MI, Spo smaes
game that could give US any return for our cart
ridges. ss0a IN manner
beyond our expectation. Our health was excellent.
and il We had only had few books t,ie ai Hour Ss
could have lived like lords.
LIFE WITHOUT SOAP.
There was much, however. to be done before we
saturated with fat and dirt that they were any
thing but as ."I wo entire suits
OF two banke.s we had brought with us our un.
We aid Tx know 1t was to exist with
out soap. 1t difficult enough TO get one per
son s,sh "I in bears blood and fat then rub
hing this off with moss But this process was not
pfier trying every possible way. found in our
dcsnair no other expedent than to boil them as
Sst eou We a so so much on them that they did
TO travel with. though the thought OF putting on
clean clothes when we once more got back to Nor
;oyment that life could bestow. We had to make
new sleeping bag OF bearskins which we dricti
and prepared by stretching them out under the root
81 orr hIIt Our good, precious silk tent. which we
Rad had during the whole Of the preceding years
journey had at last during The autumn sorms 'a De re-
! used any more We were now, therefore, obliged to
employ our sledge rails as a tent our provisions
for the tourney were chiefly bears flesh and fat
and our fuel was train oil and blubber, and we were
sure OF finding sufficient game on the way wneh
| the provisions we took with us gave out
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
During our voyage along this south coast we had
| several mishaps which however. ended happily
One day, when we had been sailing along tne snore
we Law to I'm the evening to the Ice 10 reconnoitrt
our further way westward. In leaving the kayak.
hitch We Thought was perfectly ble While w
were little way on on the top OK nummocS