The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-11

row brcaks, we saw the stccp slopes an,
warm color of crimson cliffs resting II
! the rising water
Darling through the air were countless
guilleinols, gulls, little auks aud cider
ducks. We were IN the icy free north
waters. where creatures of the sea hud
marine oasis in midst &c a polar desert
Inc coast WAS about two thousand feet
high. evidently the remains OF an old
iublcland. which extends a considerable
distance northward.
Here and there were short glaciers,
which had cnt down the cliffs in their
effort 10 push 10 the sea level.
Bcyond the long. straight limo Of rcl
Gins conical rock. the navigator's sign
post, rose from the deep. Soon tho long
ice wall of Pctewik Glacier rose. and he
Nond, to the eastward. we perceived tho
waving white of the overland sea of ice.
which submerges the interior of all
Greenland
This kind of coast extends polcwnrd 10
The lands end. 1t is the abundant sra
life which makes human habtation just
possible here, though land animals are
also important
The people Of the farthest north are
crowded into a natural reservation by the
Arctic ice wall oS Melville Bay ia the
south and the stupondous line of cliffs
of Humboldt Glacier in the north.
This coast extends over hut three do
srces Of latitude. but with its many bays
and he great fiorlS Of Wolsteuholmc
Sound and Inglefcld Gulf the sea line is
drawn out 10 about -four thousand miles.
Home of the Eskimos.
Widely scattered in small villages the
northcrnmost Eskimo duds here 4 good
living. A narrow band of rocky land b,
tween the land ice and the SEA oGrl.
grasses upon which feed ptarnsnu. hare
md carbon.
Numerous cliffs anl islands afford
'csting place in samncr for myrads Of
marine birds that sock the small life Of the
cy waters. Blue and wlitc fox wuudcr
Seal. wairuS. uarwah aud
ritc whale sport in the summer sun,
While the hear, King of the polar wilds,
oams over the sea nj all times,
Seeking abundant gainc. this little tribe
# most primitive man does not feel his
lopccss isolation.
Tho yacht dOdgcd The icchcrgs and dan.
.crors rocks in the FOG ABOUT Cape Athul,
hen turned eastward io cross Wolslen-
lolnc Sound
AS we ncarcd Table Mountain. which
,uArds Np1h star Bay. many natives
anne out IN kayaks TO mcr, lis. Some were
crognizcd MS Old friends. There WAS
iyah. hc uf many wives. aud OObloiah
tho had cyccutcd Augodgihsall. styled the .
ilhin by Gibson, ai Rolclif'r House, aud 4
'iucuota, husband of tho Queen. in whose
Hmily are io hc found the only hybrid
hlldrrn of ihc fribr.
Later knnd Rasmussen n Danish
'rilcr living rs n natiyc among tho pou-
...,I.. l.
cr acquainted during the winter.
our cngiNcs were disabled hy n loose
UNIVERSAL joint. SO we lowered launch
nj two duricS Ia tow the yacht 10 n
nfc anchorage, At high tide the vessel
vas grounded. u propcller which had
cen h"nl was Strengthened aud the uui-
crShl joint mt 10 rights.
In the meantime the launch WAS kept
ushing to aud fro, with Mr., Bradley
nj the writer ms passengers. On shore
b" hnrpouu gun was tried nd around the
ny waicfs We bAgged n number of elder
uck
E~kino Town visited.
Late At night visit was made to tho
,wn of Oomanooi. There were seven
'languar scniskin tents. conveniently
laced on picturesque rocks Gathered
bout these. In large numbers. were men.
omen and children, shivcrlhg in he mid
iEht chill
They were odd looking specimens Of
In height the men aver,fgcd
ht five feet two inches aud the womcIfl
'ur feet ten inches. An lnd broad. fat
ices. heavy trunhs aud well rounded
lnbs- Their skin was slightly brouzed.
len and women had coal black hair and
rown eyes. The nose was short and
10 hands and feet were short bnt thick.
A genial woman was found at every
mt opening, ready to receive the visitors
due form. We enlcrcd and had short
lat with each family.
There was not much news to exchange.
fter we had gone over the list of mar
ages aud deaths, the luck Of tho chase
ecame the topic OF conversation.
1t was period of monogamy. Myah
id exchanged plurality of wives for a
rger team of dogs, aud there was but