, 1921-01-20

was very bad, but our heads were as
clear as they are right now
IF we had had a definite object we
could have gone fifty or a hundred
miles without so much distress. We
saw so much of the same sort of
woods that 1t appeared we were not
going anywhere. But we were not
going In circles because we were
steered by the compass %zigzagging
through he wOod That counted
against us.
81 began to lag behind pretty much
and Hinton suggested that | take OF
my flying suit. / did. and walked in
my underclOthing the rest of the trip.
Hinton wrapped my suit around him
as a sort of blanket. Just before noon
l had n nasty fall over a tree trunk
into a hole three feet deep. l was
bruised and scratched but got up
alone.
Hunch Fails to Help Out
w didn't eat at oon and made
fire and warmed up N started OF
again all together. We we're pretty
blye when we camped the third night.
Our bunch about the third being the
lucky day fivvered.
Hinton said, Let's write some let
tiers and put them In our pockets but
1 said. No. we'll have plenty of time
to do that
Hinton could hardly hold his head
up. 1t was very cold mt 1t sure was
our worst night. We slept again with
Hinton near the fire and me on the
outside. l had the flying sui on. but
1t was too cold to lie still. and I
would get up often.
when l did Hinton did too, and
we would both sit near the fire for a
while. Kloor slept fine, almost In the
fire. He kept getting his feet in the
fire and we would have to pull them
out.
Next morning we kidded the kid
that's what we called KlOor-and told
him he had been hogging the fire.
Hinton had the matches, because he
knows how to light a fire. We were
careful with the matches. We would
go stiff when 1t took Hinton two
matches to get the fire going.
Trio in Bad Shape.
| NiOol hhu lOtS VI pep dlleI Ills
nights sleep and Hinton was In bad
shape. l was a bit better OF than
Hinton, but not much. We started OF
without food along the bank of the
creek. I had a bunch that night might
have frozen up the creek and I left
them to go down and try 1t out"
The distance covered that afternoon
was not more than three miles. Next
day Thursday almost the same story
was repeated at nightfall, their dis
lance from the Hypothetical village
being still as undetermined as when
they made their landing.
Friday proved to be the lucky day.
In the morning Tom Marks, a Cree
Indian trapper. who was inspecting
his traps on the outskirts of the set
Element of Moose Factory, an island
In the bottom Of James bay, noticed
tracks which he judged to have been
made by three white men. His curl
osity getting the better of the native
Indian timldity in the presence of the
unusual, Marks followed up the tracks
until early in the afternoon he came
upon the three ~balloonists,
kioors Story Of Trip.
'The first days put were the worst
said Lieutenant Kloor, describing theil
experiences. 1--WE had practiced walk
ing with snowshoes al Moose Factory
while we were there and thought we
we're experts with them, but after 60
ing q day on the trail changed our
minds. It was quite stormy. too. and
the first week we were out We en-
countered three severe billiards..
"On Sunday a week ago IL became
SO bad we were compelled to retract
our steps for more than a mile. We
also found that the dogs we had with
US were inadequate for the load we
were carrying and had to send back
for more. The weather, however, was
not very cold. We had lots of moose
meat to eat and 1 think we are all
feeling fine"
what scientific values to be de-
rived from your trip?" was asked.
THE main scientific fact demon.
strated." replied Kloor. sis that a
can remain in the air for more than
twelve hours. We were in the air
for twenty-five hours and could have
remained there longer. Further than
that 1 think nothing ought to be said
until we report to u s~uperiors."
Dogs Hall the Arrival.
Kioor. a blue-eyed, ruddy young fell
low who looked to be In the pink OF
condition. was the frst to arrive. He
came whiriing around the bend Of the
Missanalbi into the town, riding on
the dog sled. with Sam Sainsbury.
Toronto explorer. who had gone to
meet him.
The bowling Of huskies tethered be-
fore Indian huts here was the FIRST
warning Of the party's approach. A