The Portland daily press., 1896-10-05


Observation-Disclosures Took Kindly
to Plaster Casts.
New York, October 8. -Today's New
York journal Says:
Fresh from the Arctic regions, Lieu
tenant Robert E. Peary. U. S. N, re-
tur ned to this city yesterday. With him
were his wife and baby, they having gone
as far as Sidney. Cape Breton, " here he
left the ship that bore himself and party
from the frozen seas ofssGreenland.
On the Hope with Lieutenant Peary
was scientific expedition rom Cornell
university under charge Of Professor
Robert Tare; also one from the Massa-
ohusetts Institute of Technology of Bos-
ton, with Professor Alfrsd Burton at the
head
Lieut.. Peary's purpose in going north
was to secure specimens for the Ameri-
can Museum Of Natural history in this
city The other mem bers Of the sxpedit-
ion were bent on making geological Ie-
searches and studying ice formations.
All were eminently successful especially
the lieutenant. Included in the oollec-
ton of rarities Low on the way here
by rail are:
Tents used by Greenland Esquimaux
and their cooking utensils.
Furs, sledges, kayaks (canDes) sum
mer and winter clothing.
Marvels of Greenland millinery, in
GLIDING wonderful bonnets for all seasons
of the year.
baby oaps and dainty little bird skin
shirts. also for babies,
Foxskin ooatss for two years olds and
bearskin GOATS for fathers.
Stubby looking seal boots With real
fur tops md quaint skin. leggfna
Then follows this grim array, most of
which the lieutenant says, is new to this
climate:
Walrus skins and skeleton.
Narwhal skeleton Chat of the original
unicorn Peary believes).
Skeletons OF the white whales, seals,
Arctic reindeer and also birds.
OF living curiOsities are included speci-
mems of the elder duck and two polar
bear oubs-Polaris and Casiopeia-pure
white. cute and full Of play.
Greatly treasured are the plaster casts
of living Esq uimaux. Contrary to ex-
pectation these were easily obtained, the
natives seeming rather 20 enjoy the pro-
cess. This is the first time they were
ever secured. as is the case with the su-
perb anatomical specimens, Of which
there are several.
I" Besides the cubs, said the lieutenant,
Eve got 10 Esquimaux dogs. They In
clude the grey wolf variety, black and
white and pure white, the latter some
what similar in appearance to the famil-
lar Spitz. They can live in this climate
bnt not II they are obliged to work.
"Did you meet many heavy swells
among the GreenlAnders?"
Yes, indeed, many of them. Sosae
according to their own notion are dressed
in the heighth of fashion in skins and
furs. It all depends upoa the ability
of the hunter. II he is expert he wears
fine rainment; II he is otherwise the fact
is shown by his garments.'
"What has Nansen demonstrated?'
"Thst nobody will ever reach the pole
by the route he selected. II it is ever
reached it will be overland and not
jackson may obtain the object of his
ambition, yet do not believe that he
will, although he is travelling by land as
far as possible. He may, however, be
able to show whether or not the explora-
ton of the higher latitudes is feasible
81 the Franz Josef Land route. II he
suocseds in doing this 1t will prove that
bne rou6o 1oAOWeO InrOuRn Che Rrohl-
pslogo to the north Of Greenland is the
only way by which explorers may hope
to reach the Pole.
II did NOT try to find the Pole ON this
expedition. In fact, we only went to
the site Of the Polaris house, in u degrees
80 seconds north latitude, which point
was reached by part of the Hall EXPEDITE
ion in 1879. A few times during our alb
sence on this trip the temperature was
below freezing"
Lieutenant Peary has formed no plans
for the immediate future. His leave of
absence expires in November.