Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-20

and put a large hole in the bottom, which,
owing to it's being double, We couldn'
repair. and one man had to be kept
baiing. The walrus came up again, and 1
hit him ip the head, wounding him badly,
but not killing him. He stayed down
twenty minutes, and while We were all
looking for him, smash! rip. bang! ne
came up under the stern. nearly knocked
could put both fists through just above
the water line, dived, came up just If
teen yards off, gave his fierce battle cry
of Hulk! Hulk. Hulk! and charged u.s.
l got my artillery in action and sank
him for keeps before he could do any
more. When we reached the Roosevelt
we were half full of water. He was
scrapper, and don't you forget it.
When MAC" Was Shot.
"The worst jar 1 ever had was when
Mac was shot. The bullet smashed
through two partitions. missed one mans
head by two feet, passed two feet over
the mate, who was lying on his side on
the partition. two feet over my head on
the other side, and smashed poor Mac
all to nell. l heard the report in my
sleep. Poor Mac saying: My God. he
has got me" jumped out of bed. too. 1
saw him hanging onto one arm while
blood was everywhere. Quoth he: Gee.
this is worse than being wakened by an
alarm clock Maybe he isn't sandy He
is nearly we'll now. thank God.
Your letters, clippings and rifle re-
ceived from the jeanne August %. Many
thanks They were great. Also whaler's
mail left by Adams of the Morning Star
two days later. 1t was bully Of you to
think of getting So much up to me. espe-
cially Nicholson and Amundsen, also let
ters from my friends.
II did most Of the photograph work.
The big camera was great, especially the
finder. which, in taking photos Of musk
OK. etc, enables you to keep an eye on
the brute. so as to be ready to make a
quick getaway when he charges A few
yards start gained in this way is very
useful in avoiding being caught in close
contact with his horns
Il broke through young ice several
times but got out all right. 1t wasn't
very cold when l went in.
Peary has been just great. This eX-
petition from start to finish is a pic
mic compared to what SUI ferings most
arctic expeditions go through. We went
in parlor cars. thanks to the commander,
who has worked the arctic ice problem
out and down to a science. Instead Of
the inactivity of previous expeditions in
the winter. we were all out, most of US
going 500 to 600 miles. Thirty years ago
man venturing on an extended journey
of several hundred miles would have been
committing suicide Mares. the leader of
that men can't face wind in a tempera-
ture Of minus 30 degrees, but we did that.
and darn sight lower. in the wind. He
also says: Only for life or deaf. must a
man go out in the fearful cold of March
We went out all winter. and the Eng
lish didn't start from the boat till
April >.
Just one example of the advantage of
dog power instead of man power. Beau
mont, a man of indomitable energy, of
49, Itch, yonf To ic FIR
thest on the Greenland coast at thirty
marches, which Mac and 1 covered in
spite of two short ones on account of
smashed sledges. He and his men were
dead at the end, but we were going at
canter.
"Just Like a Picnic"
"Greely, speaking of Lockwood and
BrainarRs work, says about as follows
concerning an attempt to beat their mark
furthest north. obtained on the Green
land coast, that only perfect ice condi-
lions. indomitable energy of leader and
men. would enable their record to be
smashed They took a whole season to
do 1t. We did 1t. coming back from the
northern expedition, with ridiculous ease.
Just a picnic from start to finish. This
IS not blowing my horn, but simply to
STATE few facts that will speak for
themselves.
These performances were due to the
great system Peary has developed, to his
we started north In February DR.. Mac
ana l. who had never been in the arctic
before, had stacked up against conditions
many other expeditions would never dare
Iate. ana nad siedged enough to make us
veterans. Result, confidence in ourselves
and equipment, and. what's more. as to
the conditions likely to be met with.
Another point, in a country where the
English found no game they died of sour
w. where Greedy. Brainard and Lock
wood, hne men as they we're. could oh.