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    "ocrText": "had been left, and the site of the house was\nwere here on Aug 11, year ago, as they\nwithin fifty feet of the former site of our tent.\nEvery foot of the place is familiarto me. The\nperfect little harbor looking southward out of\nthe bay, the grassy slope. and noisy brook at\nits head. the latter leading upto quiet little\nmountain lake, halfa mile up the valley the\nmossand lichen covered roeks rising north and\nback of the site of the nouse to a height of\nsome 500 feet, the vertical eliffs of the great\nred-brown mountain towering over the house.\na rifle shot to the eastward and westward, just\nover a ridge of roeks, the glistening face of\nthe grent Bowdoin glacier extending across\nthe head of the bay.\nAs soon as the reconnais-ance for the house\nsite was completed I went back to the ship\nand turned in to obtain a fow hours of much-\nneeded sleep. for Thad been up the last two\nnights taking advantage of the exquisite\nweather and the opportunity of making pho-\ntographs and noting the peculiarities of these\nshores, For the last twenty-four hours there\nhad not been a cloud visible in the sky.\nFIRST TRIP IN THE steam LAUNCH.\nThen began the work of unloading the stores\nand building the houso. Sunday was a day of\nrest, and most of the party took advantage of\nit to sleep through a good part of the foronoon.\nIt Hisagreeubl day. To ward noon\nrequested Entrikin to get the launeh in\ncommission, so we could give her a trial. This\nwork was carried out by Entrikin and Matt\nwith considerable trouble. owing to the dirt\nLANDING STORES THROUGH THE SLUDGE ICE.\nwhich had accumulated in the machinery of\nthe launch during the upward voyage. and the\nfact that some of the pipes and joints had been\nstrained by visitors tramping ovot them at\nthe various ports where the Falcon stopped.\nAbout 3 P. M. steam was up, and with Mrs.\nPeary. Entrikin. Matt. and Koolootingy wah we\nwent on board for a trip down the bay Run-\nning round to the mouth of the brook first, to\nget: few pails of water, we started down the\nbay for Kangek, the point on the west side\nwhere Koolootingwah and several other na-\ntives have their tupiks. The little boat be-\nhaved beautifully until we were abreast of the\nglacier just north of Kangek, when the pump\nstopped working. and we were unable to force\nwater into the boiler. The trouble was appar-\nently in one of the check valves, but, as usual-\nly happens. among anumerous wrenches we\nhad on board. there was none that would fit\nthe check valves, and so we were obliged to let\nthe steam run down and send Matt and Koo-\nlootingwal ashore to the mouth of the glacier\nstream for water. We then filled the boiler\nthrough one of the gauge cocks, and with this\nsupply were able to get back to the harbor.\nEVERYBODY WORKING AT THE HOUSE.\nMonday, Aug. 7. was another disagreeable\nday. with occasional showers and one or two\ntransitory glimpses of the sun. Astrüp made\nhis first reconnaissance of the inland ice, and\nwent three or four miles out on the ice itself,\nbeing absent about ten hours. Every one was\nat work upon the house, and every frame was\nTHE FIRST BURRO IN GREENLAND.\nup and in place when we went to dinner.\nOnly four of the eight burros survived the trying journey to north Greenland.\nDuring the afternoon a start was made on\nthe first shell of tarred paper covering. With\nall the frames up the work progressed more\nSITTING FOR THEER PICTURES.\nrapidly. I was busy all day, now on board\nLOOKING DOWN BOWDOIN BAY.\nshipin the hold hunting for a particular kind\nof Tumber, the appearance of which no one but was taken at the northeast angle of Bay. Beyond the rocks at the picture is the\npicture The lotty hilla in the distance are on the southern shore of Inglefield Gulf, over wenty miles This\nmyself knew. and which was necessary in the\nkreat Bowdoin glacier, separated from the lan round the house by a roeky mass several hundred feet high.\nnext step of the construction then on shore\nshowing one of theboys how to lead the ditches\nto drain the site of the house. another how to\ntack on the tarred paper, another how to nail\nthe boards, and so on. The boys were all\nwilling. but they are greenat this kind of work\nsome of them not knowing how to drive nail.\nTHE POOR LITTLE RITOS.\nAbout 5 P. M. the remaining burros were\nlanded from the ship. and immediatel affer-\nward we had quite little exritement in con-\nnection with them. wo were landed firstand\ntaken to their stables, built of bales of hay.\nwhere they were carelessly lert by one of the\nvounger members of the party, who went to\nthe shore to bring up another burro that was\ncoming off. A minute later, as I was standing\nnear the house, heard a shout from the ship\nand a commotion in the direction of the\nstable, and looking there saw one of\nthe poor burros coming at full speed over\nthe rocks, braying at the top of his voice, and\nwith thirty or forty of the dogs after him. He\nwas sensible enongh to run directly toward us\nfor protection. Wedrove the dogs off and then\nhurried tow ard the sta 19. where we ound\na\npack of the dogs the seconil burro,\nwhich had been unable to froo himself Driv-\nTHE LAUNCH AFLOAT.\ning the dogs off, wa found that this poor little\nCHEWING A STRIP OF WALRUS.\nfellow had been bitten quite seriously. though\nnot dangerousiy. After this the burros were\nmixture This young of European laily of northwest Greenland has no ad- Gulf about the time that the Falcon\nIn his steam launch, Gen. Wistar, Lieut. Peary began his fall explorations around the shores of Inglefield\nstarted home,\ncarefully guarded from the ship to the stable\n(thiliak) of bird skin, and wears sealskin trousers.\nsouthwest coast, She blood.1 is arrayed like in all her the summer natives jacket of the\nand watch set over them there.\ncome trouble with them if they had not already be-\nOn Monday night Astrüp started with three\nto the two or three of them having been fed\nburros, accustomed to the scent and taste of the\nof the burros on a trial trip up to the inland\nthe ice. The little one that was bitten was leftin\ndogs while on board ship. It will ro-\nstable, and detailed a man to keep wateh\nquire until they care and attention to save these animals\nover him. The dogs acted like wolves, and\nyet I think that we should have had little\nwere intended, but I hope to do it.\nhave done the work for which they\nR. E. PEARY, E.T\nN,"
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