Evening star., 1922-09-24

Much more serious mistakes have
been made in the collecting of facts
for scientific institutions by whaling
captains with practically no knowl-
edge Of the language whatever.
At pm. we were away tsder
engine heading toward q nearly .ull
moon on the western horizon,
through a sea FURNISHED like polished
metal, picture too beautiful to con-
tinue or to be appreciated. Mr. Fog
with damp cloth soon wiped out the
colors and then washed the canvas
clean. On we hastened at full speed
through the gray wall. knowing that
we had ample depth of water and
very little danger of collision with
passing ships. one of the least dan
gers of the northland, yet one of the
greatest at home.
At pm. the curtain lifted. reveal
ing Big Island IA degrees magnetic
Off our starboard bow. At 10 the
wind blew strong dead ahead, which
induced me to enter Ashe inlet, on the
southeastern end of Big Island, for
the party an opportunity for few
hours of magnetic work at a station
established for meteorological. tidal
and ice observations by the United
States coast and geodetic survey in
1886.
One. dangerous ledge only bars the
entrance. This is covered at high
kAS -s1,
from the crows nest by the swirling
waters playing over its crest. It's
depth and good holding ground in
-sures excellent harbor in a gale from
any quarter but the southeast. Our
hunters were away at once to the
hills and our magnetic observers to
the east shore in search of the re-
mains of the observatory.
Several elder ducks were brought
in, a valuable addition to our much
depleted larder of fresh meat
WE were under way at am. and
w headed northwest for Cape Dor
set along a shore so different from
that delneated upon the latest and
best charts that it was wholly un-
recognizable. 1t was here that Baffin
experienced ten days of such fine
weather that he bestowed upon one
of the islands the name of Fair Ness.
The day and the following night
continued fair. Daylight of the
morning of the 18th revealed high
land on both bows. Which was Cape
Dorset we did not know, but must
determine. as il was the location of
the last Hudson Bay Company post
on this shore. We must make our
selves known here to insure as
sistance from the outside world in
the event of the loss of the Bowdoin
in the Fox channel or on the western
cnast of Bafin Land From this point
also we could send our last mail
home by a boat leaving this station in
the fail. -
must be Salisburys Island. we headed
toward bold shore. of which there
was an island resembling an immense
haycock. Knowing that If there was
post in this vicinity, there would Ger
tainly be a mark Of some kind on the
heights. and at turning points, as is
customary. we scanned the skyline
closely and were soon rewarded by
sight of a beacon on a small, round
island. We felt that we had found the
scent Within ten minutes another
mark outlined itself on a prominent
point on the mainland on the port hand.
When abreast of this we deserted a
beacon on the starboard hand a quarter
of mile away and apparently at the
entrance Of a harbor. We could almost
see our game now! Then a white
anchoring buoy appeared in the center
Of a small indentation; next black
boat at anchor; then the top Of a flag
pole over a low stretch of land. and
then the white buildings Of the Hudson