The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-21
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THEIR STRANGE LIE n-ney
ihelr mentality is of a low OF Der ,,l,,s;.
are lmprorident and LnprosressiVs,s.. ,,,,bes
houses conss CT lunches OF p a.ftns5 q
with skins thrown over them 20 a.A .-,.:i
partial protection from storms. Ine!i 80 :,
o.en are allowed to go almost , nan are
Tue oiea5 Cline. even Trough we t1,e,,,
warm skins with winch TO protect -. ,ra
IN physical development, the "oiii. t'.-.t,,
NJ matches for the men. they ntai ~
thein the brunt Of the long cs1ase' ~
az: are ike American Indian squaMs,
heWeTs OF wood and drawers OF sa...
The Cna man kills the earne-tfat Is ms
province: his wives-for potys .s a,,,,n -
practlced among them-carry IT nv
IN moving the women transport me .ioI 81,
ho!! furniture and also the s1hsAii GU
dren.
The Ona population IS at present apoua
sixteen hundred. but this nur1ner 3 so..-
SANITY diminishing Many natives ilsse
been killed by white men who nave re-
scented the sheep raids in winch t1s.e
tribes indulge. Without firearms, ne
physical power of the sianT race = y. ~
avail. The twang Of tho bow Is no. 80
deadly as the crack OF the "!iic-ies > 81
Doubtless it VIII not be many years pt-
tore the Clas and other triees III '3ieso
southern attitudes become extinct
After remain.no for soma uays among
these giant tribes we pushed ON 5'o'.at1
the South Pole. we sounded 'he
! between Cape Horn and the She'iasio isi-
ards-an undertaking never alte.ilp 3lslt
before. Our sound.ag-lne olieh WSht
down two miles; and. in the most ,siit'ss.
uous seas; on the globe, the oliicuitt "
| our task may be imagined. 1t was per
formed successfuily.not the least Of the
triumpas OF the Belgian expedition
NEW LAND.
Passing all the known land sou,h Oh the
| Horn, we discovered. after entering 'iie
E! ice belt, a vast continent ,whca mas oeeh
! alluded 10 by no prev.ous naN-sttois oi
| geogra piers. Part Of tn ne" country
! we named DancGland. after Lieu .eii''i.
! Emile Dance. our magnetclah' anu one
! Of our newly-discovered islands we chris
| tened Brool5iyp. which name l had the
| privilege of giving.
! The new land we found is doubtless
part of a great South Polar continent. we
| chartered five hundred miles OF TINS terri
i tory II is buried. even IN m'dsurnnisr'
| under a tremendous mass OF eVerla Si.ils
| ice.
! We strove to follow this unknown main
| land southwark bu; the pac(:-ice forced Us
| away Late in February we entered the
| main body Of the sea ice. penetrating t2tS
| for a distance Of ninety miles Here We
F.; were firmly held by thu ice. and for thlr'
| teen months our vessel lay
AS idle as painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
| We read and re-read all or books, ahs
| told and rc-told all our tales. For seventy
| DAYS we were enveloped in worse thar
| Egyptian darkness. Our future was IN
! volved in terrifying uncertainty NJ any
| moment our snp-frail compared to the
mountains OF ice surrounding us-mish'
| be crushed
! at times all was monotony Days passed
| without conversation. The ship was dts 81
| lent within as the wastes of ice without
| The long black night and the isolation
| proved on us mentally and physically. we
| became actually sreenish in complexion
| and our hearts grew unreliable in acton
| For months we had nothing 10 tell us
! when night ended or day began.
IN January finding that a gap had peer
| termed in the ice about two thous2nc
/ feet away from the ship, we decided Il
| cut q channel to this open water We blew
| M portions Of the ice with tonitc. whlcI
! explosive. however. proved failure II
| that low temperature. Then we sawed GU
| GREAT Blocks of ice, accomplishing a little
| Zach dav We worked eight hours day
| all hands. and by February had pushed
! our canal TO within a hundred feet of ouI
! slip. On March 18th We were once more
n OMEN water-freed from the ice chain:
which had bound us for more thar {