The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-17

ton is to deposit, against all contnlseh-
cy, an ample supply Of food, and TO IN
form Peary of the fact SO that in case
disaster drives him back, be may ma
subsistence at Inglefed gulf, in Whlch
country he is practically at home.
Nothing has been heard from MI.
Peary since his departure from sydney
Cape Breton, July Z, 1898, except the
following report of his northward voy-
age in the Hope from Sydney to Etah'
which is now given to the public for
the first time:
To the president and members OIL the
Peary Arctic club:
Cape York, July 20, 1898.
1t gives me pleasure to transmit tile
| following report of progress OF my eH-
petition to date:
| Arriving at Sydney, c. b., at D. M
| July Z, went Immediately on board the
Hope, and after finishing a few letters
got under way at II p. m. The Hope car
red 500 tons of COAL including twenty
| five tons on deck A bright moon en-
abled us to clear the harbor without
difficulty, and then for two days we car
! ried light but favoring winds northWard
! along the West Quasi VI ANSNio"'iNANsN-~
to the Straits of Belle Isle itself was
passed shortly after evening OF the 9th'
| A dense fog in the strait compelled US
| to lay to a few hours Finally nortn
wind dispelled this, and Belle Isle ltsell
was passed shortly after midnight, sun
| day, the 10th, we steamed northWaiu
along the Labrador coast till late III
the afternoon, when / ran into the 1lsh-
ing station of Domino Run, to SEND
| man ashore and then bore away dl-
rect for Greenland across the wide
mouth of Davis Strait. Here again faV-
oring winds, though the weather was
gloomy and overcast, helped us on our
way, and midnight of the 18th Give days
from sydney found the Hope in the
latitude of Cape Farewell and in the
twilight fringe of the Great Day OF the
Arctic summer. 1t was light though az
midnight to read course print on deck.
In the forenoon of the 18th the edge oil
the East Greenland ice was sighted on
the starboard. Running along the edge
of this strait to the northwest, dense
fog came on in the afternoon, and un-
able to see to avoid the. ice, We entered
il. Boring our way northWard. as best
we could. the fog lifted the next fore
noon, and showed us the mountains OF
the Greenland coast, and the ice-pack
extending in every direction as far as
could be seem The noon observation
showed us to be north of Gidhaao. Still
boring through the ice, in the effort to
get into the narrow water along the
shore, we passed Sukkertoppen at a.
m, of the 18th, and finding the ice some
| <1,s o1yo Mt pl1n l.
ward. and finally emerged from it just
south of Holsteinberg, in the afternoon
of the 18th This East Greenland ice
this year is very wide, is packed closely
, against the shore, is very heavy in char
acter, and extends more than usually
far north Free of ice at last, we were
once more helped on our way by favor
ing winds, increasing at one time to a
half gale, and accompanied by thick
weather until a. m. of the 18th when
we were off Sanderson's Hope, the giant
mountain sentinel of this section of the
| coast The 18th was brilliant day
!. and we steamed steadily northward
, along the magnificent coast, which look
ed much more hospitab1e than the coast
much farther south. At p. m. we pass
ed the Duck Islands, the southern limit
of Melville Bay. and almost Immediately
began our battle with the ice. THE voy'
, | age to here had been unusually quick
, less than ten days from Sydney, but tbs
| crossing of the bay was the longest
with one exception, of any that | have
made. During Sunday night we made
fairly good progress directly towards
Cape Walker north of Wilcox Head
then with the falling of the offshor'
wind the ice closed together, and durint
the next four days and nights we wer'
> able to move only as the change o
| ticks Stacked the foes and enabled tn
Hone to wind and twist between then
in the narrow lanes of water, every nor
and then butting off the corners OF
, foe which barred the way. All this tim
;. the weather was bright and clear. Fou
l bears were seen in this time. The frs
y one was wounded from the ship by tn
doctor. and family killed by me after
hard run over the ice. The other three
Il female and cubs, We're seen when tn
i ship was unfortunately fast between tn
II foes They swan lead before
y could get within range, and making di
- rectly away, escaped. Friday moor
/ about fifteen miles south of Bushmar
the Hope WAS cduSlll DCtNNcii WV 49,
. hardly more than her own length tror
e open water, which appeared to exten
= we'll to Cape York, some thirty mile
u distant. Here she was nipped and heel
&c ed over, and raised several inches by II
e ice pressure. When finally she was re
leased the attempt was made to bu'
e through the barrier. This was almos
n effected when the foes came togethe
u again and the Hope narrowly escape
~ being nipped again. This compelled U
J. 70 back out. and head away to tn
Is south The weather now came on yer
II thick, fog and snow, but when the 70
i lifted Saturday evening, Cape York la
NJ onlv sly miles distant, but both 1t an
ourselves were set in apparently unbroi
=. en- ice, uninterrupted by single lane
:, water. During the night and Sunda.
-. conditions did not improve until sur
- day evening" a chance for llberatlo
~ ~ seemed to present itself and after bu
- ting n wide barrier incessantly re
eleven hours, it was broken through ar
-. early in the morning of the 25th tf
- Hone entered water, which enabled NJ
-, to reach the cape. Running her nos
- into a foe, I climbed out onto the &c
- and rounding the cape proceeded to u
=, settlement which 7 found deserted.
had been surprised that none of the nj
tives came out over the ice to the shi