The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21
n stanley ON THE NILE.
- cDAJr n WHICH MArHlsoH
ux. FLOAT DOWN YUKON.
.Ae an Seven wateF.T1ght See
es.a. aal Can he Taken Apart
- Rnaked-WeAghs Ahout .
a-A SON Of the Vikings.

ATT NATHISoS looks from the
cabin OF hts odd-iooking little
heat ut the small crowds which
IAy survey his floating home and
WD avs: I'VE Norwegian Firms
are something Hike Indians.
a vant always TO watch our way Of
- ,n6eeA. the water front idlers have
- for curious gazing IT the craft OF
ssss Nathisou In captain, ht0 wife drDt
-. "A 4 e-year-old son the crew. II
p. ~ slip nsxt TO Merchant dock, ana
~ seem TO have been transplanted
~ from some sun-heated tributary Of
.ss.e,v Nile river The masters own hand
sss1snad every plank and fastened every
~ "a for his working plan he had stan
- hook Of exploration. I'm Darkest
se1e3" The captain says Stanley was
! q moat man. very great man." and
- stu, the sincere fisttery Of imitation.
- ernlorer nayigated the Nile In email
~Ifrr boats Of light draft, put together
& vrfer-tight sections and Matt Mathison
- such a. these are good enough for
- on the Yukon
M TO the boa. at Merchant dock was
sede yesterday. The crew vas playing
1out the deck Of the Ferdinand, a thu
IN y named. and from the interior Of the
-. low cabin came the sounds Of q man
ri voman's voices. The family was at
- The crew fed IN alarm 1T the In
ezrcn Of visitors. taking refuge behind
- sk!Yts Of The first mate. Capt. Aathi-
= received. He speaks Finnish and Nor
ooe1sn fuently. but his English IL some
shat st fault. He IL q swart son OF the
sndnea with mid suggestion Of q
~AA
nugtanAe. In response to questions he
pedsly detailed the points OF his boat.
4 = about thirty feet long and ten fest
3D. and II built. he said, In compart-
nean ef boxes. There are seven OF these
Nm sixty-nvs feet OF lumber In each,
~ WAter-tight. They are boited together
asd hoIted on two solid keeis, one for ocean
6syd and one for the river. The weight
4 meh box II $50 pounds. The house II
h ~ pieces. each containing thirty four
~ o1 lumber. The cabin has seventy
~ square feet OF floor space and II FIVE
~ nigh A single nat sail. such an the
Ndap are said to have used. In rugged for
Wrd. ana oariocks are placed aft as an
solitary means Of propulsion.
n whole affair Is 20 arranged that II
- - taken apart and packed. the total
snghf being about one ton
tathison's idea Ia 10 freight the boat
MI BY steamer. take 1t apart at Skag-
~ and pack across to Lake Bennett. He
N men float down the Yukon TO Circle
~ Or some other camp on the Ameri-
N ade.
Matt Mathison brought his boa, around
~ week from the Columbia river. He
- been q photographer at Astoria, bu;
envins built his boat about a year ago, hi
vss melted by rowing disposition to -,
~ Tor the North.
answer to a question. ''Oh. from Stan
Ms book and pictures OF his boat. I Al.
Vafs have had much liking for STANLEY,
4 vas wonderful. read his first boob
hNorway. many years ago many times
~ II was nne. I thought then that
ksday would like to fioat down q grea,
nl44n boat like tho pictures, and now
IN do II. The North Is the place FOR
III am used to the cold and to Twins
Fats. In the old country I was a FISH,
IN. and caught lots OF Ash. Then
mred to be a photographer. and since
n have worked at that But tho NOV.
= NE has been always my wish. and
many said 10 my wife that we would "a
= NE great gold country. Did she want "a
~ oehindf No. she win stay with the
sesI Only she thinks we ought 10 sail up
skasway instead of paying freight on
Msamer. But II would be too much
vcFk for me alone. and something danger
~, too. maybe"
Permission was obtained from the cap
1n 10 peep inside the cabin. 1t WAS tow
ex and narrow. Two benches were rang
= along either side. Clothes, bedding and
e0okiHg utensils were piled abou, Ird.s-
intimately. On one side Mrs. Mashison
.ss resting, white on the other the & year
s'a boy was becoming well acquainted with
huge slice OF bread.
;. IRIS Is our home said the master Of
.ae Ferdinand. 1T is good enough 10 hun,
soid H. And II we dent ind tt-wel,. we
ave siiii our little boat"
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