The sun., 1896-09-27
PEARY'S PARTY RETURNS.
mrs sUCoEssFUL SUMMERS WORK
IN 0RRENLAND.

ne Is Br,nE,ns Two Live Polar Bears aad
leo Cases or specimens for the American
Museuua or Natural History-Muoh sell
cntino Work Dons on the West Coast.
SYDNEY, Cape Breton. Sept. 28.-The steamer
Hope. with my party on board arrived here At
o:4o A. NJ. to-day. send to TEE Sun . brief
statement of our summers work.
On our way to Greenland, after leaving Tur-
navik, Labrador. the Hope steamed north along
the coast, enoountsrlng much heavy ice. We
passed an American whaling bark of the Four
Peaks and were detained one day OF Cape
Chidley lat the entrance to Hudson Strait by
ice. We obtained three polar bears here. two Of
them being captured alive, and We are bringing
them home.
We entered Hudson Strait and reached Ashs
Inlet on the north side. on July 25. The country
In the ueighborhood was examined, and AS
eistAnt Putnam OF tho Coast and Geodetio Sur
vey made pendulum and magnetic observe
tions. We visited village of Hudson Bay
Eskimos and obtained kayak and costumes.
Leaving Hudson strait We forced q passage
through the Ice. rounded Resolution Island Ion
the north side of Hudson Strait on July 90. and
on the following day attempted to enter Cum
berland Sound tBafin Landl, but were prevented
by heavy ice.
We then bore away for Godhavn. Disco
Island, Greenland, arriving there on Aug. Q.
Magnetic observations were made here. Then
We steamed to Atanikerdluk in tho WaiEat, be-
tween Disco Island and tho mainland,
and landed Mr.. George Bartlett and his
party to collect fossils Thence we went
to omanak 1.-The next large indenta-
tion 10 tho north, from whore Prof.
Burton of Boston and his party were landed
for their summer's work. Thon we proceeded
to Upcrnivik to obtain Eskimo hunters for Prof.
Tarr. The next stop was at Wilcox Head in
Melville Bay. whore Prof. Tarr and his party
were landed carly on Aug. for their summers
work.
Melville Bay waa crossed in spite Of Ice and
fog in twenty-six hours. A largo polar
bear was killed on the way. We ar
rived on Aug. 8 at Cape York. found
few natives there. and learned the sad news
that visitation Of influenza had killed twenty
eight of tho little tribe. IL per cent of their
entire number. We learned also that Anniver-
sary Lodge my second house In northwest
Greenland had been burned.
The eclipse OF the sun was observed about
midnight on Aug. 8. Tho lower limb was
obscursd to An amount equal to one:hfth Of tho
entire disk.
There was much Ice east of Cape York
In Melville Bay. and so the Hope steamed
north and visited tho various settle
ments, obtaining costumes, tents. sledEes,
canoes, Implements, weapons, dogs, &C.,
and making casts, photographs. and meas
uremeno OF tho interesting people. Two
or tnree aays were aeVoteo 10 wairus
huntine ana largo humoer OF specimens
wereseoured. also numoer OF reinueer nor
whai' white wheiee. seaih' ao. ihe oird chns
alao were V'ited' ana q series OF Arctic birds IN
all stages OF growth was obtained. Bowdoin
Bay ana tho site OF AnniVersary LooRe were
visited.
The lodge was burned BY the carelessness OF
old AtunEinah. an Eskimo witch. We also
visited the lGnimut. or great hre stone OF tho
Eskimo. 1t 10 large nodule OF pyrites, rag
ments OF which, Tor years, nave served these
natives As mint ana steel TOT hentnk tnelr hres.
AT one OF tho villages we saw MISS Bill. tho
little ESKIMO girl whom Mrs. Peary brought 70
the United States LOT year. sne Ii no"
matron Win An estaoiisnment OF nef own.
SteaminR nortn again. an ettempt 70 Teacn
Cape SABINE was prevented oy muen heaVy leo
that nlleo smith souna. inc hens OF foierns
House l"here part OF the HAL expedition win
tered, WAS Vis1so' ana also Fofs fouike. III.
HayeeS winter quarters, where the o'soroefeo
grave OF sonntag. hayese astronomer was re-
DUNK ana the neeaetone reerectea.
Returning 70 cape iork on aug. xo' the ice
had broken up enough 70 Aiio" Inc nope 70
penetrate into Melville Bay ana reach
the site OF the large meteorlte. we were
AS's~-o
two OF tine nyaraoiic JACKS were crippled ana
rendered useless IN tearing the IRON monster
from ts iroAen oso. 'h'ru iAiieo 10" uAys
later. ana moving the meteori'e tneh became 80
slow that oefore II cou!o % embarked tne hope
was cohpeieo W 'ne iee W re'reA. oh SepI' De
Announcer largo pear was seen on the summit OF
an ieeoere ana kiiiea. "e lett cape YORK on
sept = ana atter tnree Gays OIL ioR reaeheo
WILCOX hese on the r,hs ana iouno Froi.
Tarr ana MS party n! Wen ana mnch
valuable WORK accomplished we took tnem
on board t"ueneo ~ opern'Vlk anu iahaeo
natives, reaehed omahak on the sth' touno
Prof. burton ana party "ell ana Win e1ten-
sive results from their hVe weeks work.
received them on BOARD proceeded 10 Atahik-
sroluk and embarked bArtett aho MS party ana
several tons OF tosol!s' ana 'hen won't 10 "oa-
havn, where the hope was rimmea tor the
homeward voyage.
Crossing DaVis strait to Cumberland Sound,
we encountered heavy gale ana lost boat ana
some minor arucee' ana "ere cAugnt In the iee
Tana da nf nhAFla n nd