Evening star., 1921-12-04
BY DONALD b. MACMILLAN.

BY DONALD b. MACMILLAN.
ON BOARD THE ARCTIC ScHooN-
Err BoWDoIN. Longitude So So TO-.
Latitude go 90. August 1--we
reached Baff1ns Land today at 2
o'clock. every one tired and wet, fol-
lowing dirty night in Hudson
straits. and glad to get into port.
Our latitude and longitude agree
with that of Jacknan sound, but diff
fer so from the chart that it is i'm
possible of Identification. But since
no one has succeeded in finding this
particular sound since it was named
by Grobisher 345 years ago, we shall
not spend much time looking for it.
In fact, our charts from now on. pre-
senting as they do but the barest out
lines of headlands. bays and inlets.
are OF but little value. In general
the water is clear and deep and shoals
Among these islands that old Eng
lish navigator Bafln anchored 365
years ago and named them the Saw
age Islands because of the natives
encountered In this vicinity. When
Parry passed along here 100 years
ago 100 Eskimos visited his two
ships. the Fury and Hecla. We are
expecting them to appear at any min
ute, but as yet have seen no kayaks
or womens boats.
Music From Home.
Thus far our trip has been one of
successive days of bad weather and
fog, heavy wind and rough sea going
into Halifax. N. S.; thick fog all down
the Cape Breton coast, a gale of
Bonne bay. N. F., and thick fog going
into Battle Harbor. Fog going into
Domino, rain and thick fog all the
way to Gready, rain and fog across
Hamilton inlet and into Indian Har-
Dor. Fog into Hopedale, and now the
finish in q heavy northeaster under
jumbo and foresail.
Arctic work has not many attrac-
tions just now. but we have faith in
the old saying. This too will pass
away" and tomorrow be "brite and
fair" with fair winds and arctic sun.
light.
Annapolis station Heard
Upon our arrival today 1924 geo
graphical miles north OF Boston. We
tested our wireless and were delight
ed to hear at least a dozen stations.
The Annapolis station we hear every
day at noon and at 10 pm, when
time signals are sent broadcast.
think we are the first arctic expe-
dition to ever keep in touch with
home. bringing to our minds possibly
the fact that. while we are appar-
emily in a world unfinished or now
long dead, far to the south of US
there is another world, progressive
and throbbing with activity. The
musical little note that reaches our
ears nearly every minute Of the day
is a constant reminder that we are
a part Of that world and not for
gotten.
Our six days enforced delay at
Battle Harhor, because Of storm. can
hardly be regretted, for there the
boys met the Grenfeil Hospital stan.
all of whom were from the states.
mostly from Baltimore and Mime
apolis. Dinners, suppers, teas and
dances were very acceptably added
to our itinerary. the memory Of
which will serve to tighten many q
cold hour Of the winter to come.
Noble Little Band.
A very pleasant evening was also
spent at the Indian Harbor Hospital.
which is in charge Of Dr. Paddon,
we'll known now in the states
through his lectures last fall in aid
of the endowment needed by the
Grenfell Association for its magnin-
cent work in Newfoundland and Lab
rador.
At the Hopedale Moravian Mission
station we learned hrst hand Of the
terrible loss Of life among the Eski.
mos, due to the ravages Of influenza
in 1918, the hardest blow the mission
has ever received since the building
Of its station at Main In It'll. $50
years ago.
We're 1t not for that noble band
Of Moravians not one Eskimo would
be alive in Labrador today. They
have carried on" quietly and pa
tiently through the years. sacrificing
everything, homes. friends ana the
Comforts Of civilization. even their
children at the age Of seven. whom
thew are sent to the Old World to BE-
adueased. knowing that the summum
bonum Of life consists Of the knowl-
edra Of each days work ven done,
and thss work for the good Of hu-
msnity.
0ns-TAirA Have Pszishsa.
Through smallpox and inluensa one
third Of al the Esktsssos are dead, One
hundrsd and t~snty-ons vses buried in
one hols, thirey-two feet square and SIX
fssG dssp. Desens Of bodies ware talrsn
to ths edes ee t:ae ics By dog teams and
drosped Into tlss -
Dossas Of bodies also wers draSged
out through the windows q their homes
|by dogs and eaten about the gfsnna