The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-10-12

sions which / found was temperance
hymn book, on the flyleaf of which was
written: TO Lieut.. Kisslingbury, U.
IS. A., from his old friend and well.
wisher, the author, George w. Clark.
Detroit. Mich, 1881. Lying in the
stores was an ocarina, a musical instru.
meat, which was still good. Carved on
IL rudely with knife was the latitude
at which Fort Conger had been estab-
lished. Stickpins and other articles of
iewelry l found scattered around.
Food in Excellent Condition.
alt was surprising to find the stores
in such excellent condition. 1t only
goes to show the wonderful preserva-
tive qualities of the arctic climate.
Coffee | made often from the aban.
doned Greedy stores. One of the most
striking relics l found here. and one
that showed the proclivities of the
owner, was record of all the horse
trotting events of the time in America
| 1t had been written in the owner S
hand, and embodied a description and
| record of all the trotters and trotting
marks in the history of the turf
cit seemed that l was to be forum
ate in discovering the abandoned camps
of previous expeditions; went farther
a little later and came across the camp
that had been established by Commo
dore Hall in 1871. This party had been
brought north by the L. s. s. Polaris
Like the Greedy steamer. the Polaris
was also crushed in the ice at Littleton
Island.
"Here found wooden house six.
teen feet by thirty.fve, which had
been erected as winter quarters. The
house was still standing.
CATER the Polaris had been crush
ed, nineteen of the party took to the
ice cakes and tried to drift to safety
These We're picked up by the Tigress OF
Newfoundland after they had hoated
to the coast of Labrador, not hun
dred miles from here. The other mem
bers were rescued by the Ravenscrag o.
Dundee, Scotland. I found all the ropes
sails and clothing that had been aban
doned in most excellent shape. TIL,
sails were like new. On another sledg
ing trip | ran across the headquarters
of Sir George Mares and Markham
who made an expedition in 1875 ant
1876. l. found crockery, coal bags
wood and cartridges, some of whicl
were loaded.
Tracks in Sand Still Visible.
"a peculiar thing about my discov
cry here was that l ran across han,
pushcart which this expedition uset
to carry supplies from the ship to TIN
camp. The tracks of the cart still re
NAMED in the sand as sharply define,
as when they were first made. l tool
photographs of these tracks and have
the plates now'
Prof. Mcmillan was asked why MI
Peary had taken Henson with him i,
preference to a man like himself TIL
answer came at once:
"Why, it is very simple. There i
no man in our party as capable n
, Henson. Nobody knows the ice Xix
he does. He is the best sledger an
dog driver in the world outside of tn
Eskimo. He is n practical man, an
was of vastly greater aid to Mr.. Pear
, than the scientists.
"The strangest part of all this arcti
work is the manner in which the healt
, of the men is benefited. Instead O
going into n regular course of athleti
| training there is system of preparn
3 a man for the dash by hunting in tn
I moonlight and sledging. 1t is only
? question of time when the men be
| come so hardened and acclimated tina
J they are in perfect physical condito
for the work.