The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-01

We landed at Cape AdaFe that night
lsan. %. 1880. being the first human
creatures to put foot on the mainland.
A peculiar feeling Of fascination crepi
over each OF as. even 70 the most
proaaic natures In our boat. az We
gradually drew near 10 the beach Of
this unknown land. Some few cakes
OF Ice we're floating about. and looking
over the side Of the boat. I even dis
covered a jelly-hsh. apparently Of the
common light blue. transparent Kind.
] do not know whether Il was to catch
the ieily-hsh. OF from a strong desire
to be the first man TO PIT foot on this
terra ineognita. but as soon az the or
der was given 10 step pulling the cars.
l Jumped over the side OF the boat
thus killed Two birds with one stone.
being the frat man on shore. and re-
lieving the boat Of nay weight. thna
enabling hss to approach land near
enough to IT the captain jump ashore
dry-shod.
~ pss>r-5 . Norwegian laE On
ia'se box which We faalened o.
strong pole near The place where ve
landed; and leaving the rest Of the
crew TO be entertained BY the pergulns.
proceeded alone to investigate the
peninsula and 10 make collections {
found seaweed on the beach; but wheta-
er Il had grown on the shores Of Vic
toria Land remains TO Be- ascertalned
IN the future.
| believe that Cape Adare Is The
very place where . future scientific ex-
pedliion might stop safely even dur
ing the winter months. From the SPOT
where We were several accessible spurs
lead up TO the top OF the cape. ana
from there a gentle slope runs onto the
ereA' plateau OF Victoria Land. The
presence Of the penguin colony. their
cudlf,@f5sd old nests. the appearances
:. dead seals (which we're preserved
like Egyptian mnmmies. and must have
tain there for yearsi. the veeation to
the rocks. and lastly the fat table Of
The cape above. an Indicated that here
Is place where the powers Of the
An'arc e circle DO not display the whole
severi'~ Of their forces Neither ice
nor volcanoes seemed to have ragged on
the peninsula At Cape Adarc. and I
strongly recommend a future scientific
expedition to choose thar place as a
,enter Of operations. On this partlcu-
lar spot there r. ample space for house.
tents and provisions
myself am willing 70 be the leader
OF a party 10 be landed either on the
pack or on the mainland near Colman
island. From there Il Il my scheme 10
work toward the south magnetic pole.
calculated 10 be in latitude Is deg s
min., longitude $50 deg. Z. Should the
party succeed In penetrating 20 Ear into
the continent. the course should. Il
possible. be laid for Cape Adare. there
to Join the main body OF the expedition.
As 20 the geological results OF future
researches. expect great discoveries.
], would indeed BE- remarkable n on
the unexplored Victoria continent
which probably extends over IA area
Of 100000 square miles. there should
not BE- found animal life hitherto IN
known In the Southern hemisphere. Il
Is Of course a possibility that the IN
known land around the axis 81 rotation
might be found TO consist OF lsla,,ds
Joined only by perpetual Ice and snow,
but the appearance o. the land. the
color OF the water, with lis soundlnes
in addition TO the movements Of lha
Antarctic ice. point 10 the existence Of
mass Of land much more extensive
than a mere group Of islands.