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[BY T. T. MACKLIN, M.D., WHALLEY.] .Some curious, e.\citing, and sometimes


appalling incidents oceur while hunting tlie whale. On one occasion one of our harpooners found himself between two whales and he was so eager to get the biggest tliat he could not decide which was the biggest. Whilst hesitating, train- nig Ids gun. first on the one and then the other, they both disapiK'ared and he got neither, thus illustr.ating most forcibly that "he who hesitate.s is lost.” Another time when I was in the first mates boat, aie h,ir|x>oned whale rose close to and made •Straight for us. Ihere sc*emed nothing for it hut being swamiied and rolled over hy the whale, whL-n most opportunely an­


other boat came up and fired a harpoon into it and delleeled its course and saved us trom destruction in all probability. On another occasion- one of our boats was broken in two hy tlie whale rising below it, and all the men thrown in the water, there being many hoaLs at hand, all were •saved. Another somewhat alarming, hut in the sequel, amusing incident, occurred to one of our boats while lying at the edge of tile Hoc ice on the outlook for whales. It was a bright, sunny, warm uay, and there Ixiing nothing to do, .all the men dozed off. While they were asleep a large lx;ar came over the lee, and 1 supixise, overenme hy curiosity, stepped on hoard to investigate what this strange thing might he. The bear's weight caused the Ijoat to lurch heavily and awoke lUe men, and you may imagine their consternation when they saw their uninvited guest. Every man with otie accord, promptly forsook tlie boat :uid lied over the ice. Bruin was appar- <-nlly too astonislied to ptirsiie, or jrerhaps, thottght the 1-Kxit of tnore use to him. The ;iffair had hecti seen from tht; ship and another Itoat was sent to the resctio, ami if ]X).ssihly to secure the lx;ar, hut Bruin had other ideas and left Ixtfure they got near. Yon may he sure the crew were well chafT- ed by their sliipmates when they returned on. hoard.


I must tiow nientioji our visit to Bond's


Bay or Itilet to which place we repaired in hope of falling iti witli more lish. While lierc we made fast to the land ice one day and sliortly after some Eskimos catnu out ill their sledges drawn by about twelve dogs each. Both the men ;uid women are dirty and unkempt looking; they are not pre­ possessing and of a very low tyqx;. They tire very greetly tind ask for everything they see, hut they had little to barter ex- ce])t a very few fox skins, some walrus tusks, and ouc or two horns from tlie Nar- wlial. Along the coast here there are iumilx,TS of glacier.s, some of them large— the largest, which is Ix’hind Cape Liverixiol, hciiig from live to six miles in hreaillh.


•Y real line Arctic day is an experience


to reinemher; it carries with it an e.xhil- aMting influence I have never met with elsewhere. I ’lie wtirmth of the sun is so gre.lt as to induce the removing of muf­ flers, gloves and mittens. Even at mid­ night it is warm in the sun. There is .i great stillness, not a ripple riiflles the smixith water which has the apitearance of a ]iolished mirror, reflecting everything resting (III its surface, and maguifymg the sea birds that lie on its hasiun to such a size that they more resemble' seal's lie.aos than our constant atteiidaiits and scaveng­


ers- the greedy fulmar petrel. Loose ice lies dotted about in patches, and a few Ixirgs lift their lofty crests above the hor­ izon. 'I'he water ha.s a greenish hue, and lends a pleasing cnntra.st to the dazz.liu.t' alabaster of the floating ice. In the dis- t;inl hackgroiind there are the gloomy cliffs of the land cap|)ed and covered with the juirest snow. Overhead there is a glorious skv. what is generally termod a "mackerel 'skv,'’ the bine ami white of which gradtiaily blends together as they descend towards the horizon, having rich lints of various bright hues in regular and separ.ile layers ...rectly opposite and round the sun. Jhit words f;iil ute to de^'rihe the dorious heatitv of the .scene. ^ I hen we iiad foggv idiiys, duriitg whidi nothing


could he .seen, and which were dreary and (lepre.ssiug to a degree. Well on towards the 011(1 of June we decided to go up Lan­ caster .Sound. Rounding Cape Liveriwol «o. were soon abreast of Cape Hay which is .steep and precipitioiis.


It ascoids


straight tip out of the sea to a height of several humlred feet and is a favourite i,reeding place of the I>oom, which is a verv edible bird. Two boats were sent off to 'oroeure some as a change of diet. 'J’here were two guns in each Im t and we were absent from the ship about two hours; probably we had not more than one hour's slKxiting hut in that time we twk l,.,ek over 200 liirds which were about the size of a small cluck. About this phace and


time wc saw a great variety of the feather­ ed denizens of these regions. Cane Charlie Y^ork which is low lying,


was apparently covered with some descrip­ tion of vegetation, h.ying a brownish green sort of colour. This was pleasing to eve, for we had seen nothing approaching vbrdure since we said good-bye to the Lonnie hills of .Scotland.


In about two


davs wc reached Prince Regent Inlet where we were siicce-ssful in catching _ some more


whales. At the entrance to Pnnee RegC' and left s-ores of provisions as o


ipred there at the same time—McClure,


who subsequently di^overed ,i^«aire and McChntock. the cliscoverei of the fate of Franklin. The framework o! the h ^ a e . and many stores ore still


there, or rather, were in my time. To the south of the harbour is a hill 600 feet high, whigh Ross climbed on the 2nd .Sep­ tember, 1832. While there he was moved to compose some verses. A poetical effu­ sion, at such a temperature, and in such a high latitude, hy so old a navigator, is worthy of preservation and record:—


“ Ear as the eye can reach, and all aroun(J Is one vast icy solitude profound. On snow clad ground, in silent stillnetss, sleep


The weary crew; no soothing vapours steep


'Hie rocks with freshness, not an herb is there,


Xor shrub, nor hush—but desolate and hare,


-. seems as if these regions, by the ~ Of heaven transfixed, had all at once stood still;


And the proud waves, beneath the fat.il blow,


Had spread into a field of lifeless snow.'


We arrived off Eury Beacli, which is classic ground in the annals of zVretie adventur.;, .some time towards the end of July or ear,y ill August. I was forlimate eiiougli to get ashore and inspect the stores which liad been left there when H..M. discovery ship "Eiiry,” had been driven .ashore imd wrecked on this point in 1825. The ae- eompanyiiig ship, the •‘Heda,” fjrtu'uie- ly escaped the same fate and so was able to rescue the crew of the “Eury.” I found a great quantity of stores scattered over tile beach, much of which was in excellent preservation. There were also ca.sks, spars, rigging, and ihe remains cf two boats, one of which might on a pinch have been made seaworthy. There was als(.i the remains of a house which had probably been hlowai down. There were many iumdreds of tins of preserved meat and vegetables, which were perl'eeily sound. The flour, too, was good, as I had some bread baked from it; the sugar, too, was good and some of the toliaia'o. The marks of hears' c'aws and teeth were very plainly visilile on some of the casks, the wcxid of one eonlaining flour having lieen literallv gnawed through. I had liltie idea when i .stood on the beach gazing at this great store of provisions, that in less tlian one week's lime f would feel profoundly thankful that it was within easy reach of a shi]iwrecke(l crew. On leaving Fury Beach our shi]), .accompanied by several others, imshed on into the Gulf of Boolhia, but in a few days, finding that the north­ erly wind was bringing quantities of floe ice down on the toil of us, we hastened to retrace our steps. Before, however, we lanihl r<.‘a(.'h oeeit watjT we were cai;Mit


between the ice to the south and that coming from the north, and so were beset. .At first we felt no great inconvenience, but as the hours passed the pressure he- c.ame greater and greater inuil the ice floes were .squeezed and pressed iiji on each side as high as the gunwale so th.it we were able to walk straight out of the .shi]) on to the ice. The creaking and groaning of the o])pressed timbers was awful, even terrifying at limes. Tlie slup lieeled over to one side so much lliat it was soon impossible to walk tier deck. This it was, liowever, wliicli was lier ultimate salvation, for tlie ice getting more lielniv the sliip in the end linve her up on die lc]i of tile ice, and tliere slie lay for alxwit tw(, or more days on lier lieam ends. All lions were landed on tlie floe and provisions v,-c,e passed up ami .sent on to tlie ice, besides liags with our clotliing. Every jireparation was made for leaving tlie sliiii for we ".ere in hourly expectation of seeing her total destruction. Tiiis dread of losing her was stroiiglv eiilianceil by the fact that a sister shill, the “.Arctic,” only some miles or .so away had alreaiiy lieconie such a complete wreck tliat there was alisolutely no hope of saving her. But as if to make assurance doubly sure, she in some unexplained man­ ner caught fire, and being full of oil, burnt furiously. It was a magnificent Init awe inspiring sight to watch the flames as they .ascended higher and higher, tongues of flame licking their way up the rigging, until the tottering mast fell with a cra.sh and a roar.


It was soon over, as a cargo of


tilulilxT furnishes hare comlnistible material Tlie remarkalilc tiling is th.at during a great li.art of the time all this was happening, it rained in torrents. Such a condition of weather did not tend to promote our comfort or to cheer our"' sadly drooping spirits. A third ship, the “C.amperdown,' was beset further to the north, but being partially under the shelter of the land did not suiter much, and the “Intrepid,” an other ship further to the south though Ix-set was also safe; But all this we did not know till later on. The crew of the “Arctic” splitting up into three parties,


tramped over the ice to the other ships .already mentioned, and our own. During tliree long, dreary days we had no sleep and no crxiked food and were in moment ary expectation of being overwhelmed by the grinding, heaving, surging masses of ice, and many an lioiir the best we hoped for was to e.scape with our lives and some clothing to Fury Beach, and there to win­ ter, hoping that relief would reach us early in the following summer. But it was mer­ cifully otherwise ordained for us. The. wind changed and blew from the south, the ice cased off, and gr.adually our, brave old


S for the relief of the ill-fated crews of the'^'Erebus” and “Terror." Besides Ri^ss !wo other famous Arctic navigators wm


of


ship sank back into her native element and though very leaky, twisted and bent with half her keel gone \ya-s able to shel­ ter us .all again and carry: us. safely b,a:k to Scotland, I , make no attempf to de­ scribe my emotions during that trying per. iod. I was young then and fiill of hope, health and strength, and did not give wiy


SOME ARCTIC E X P E R IE N cicS . (continued).


readily tliough full of sad and glomiy thoughts of home aiul friends. Many an older and much more experienced man broke down utterly anti bewailed his hard fate, ar,d grieved for tlie wife and bairns he never expected to see again. After gell­ ing free from tlie ice we made as mii'-t; peed as possible out of Prince Regent


Inlet down Lancaster Sound, and ;.nce more enteretl Baffins Bay. Here we ftii in with more of the wlialiiig fleet to whom when we had tlie opportunity of paying a visit, we related our adventures.


The season liaving now well advanc.-d


and tile sun having begun to disappear below the northern horizon again, all the fleet made for tile Cape Rater fishing ground which is generally the last before hearing up for home.


tion lias already been taken by Dr. Grenfell ill the medical mission which he has estab­ lished among the Livyeres and such Esquira- eaux as live along the coast of Labrador, and perhaps in the years to come this may extend its operations to the Esquimeaux wko live ill British territory in the region further north, of which I liave trietl how­ ever if.Jadequalely, to give you some idea.


(The End.) BEEAKFAST In the harbour at


Cape Rater wc found a large mim- lier of I'isqiiimcaiix ei.cami>ed and hero for alxmt three weeks I had an opportunity of .studying the manner of life of this peiailiar raix'. They seemed somewiiat superior to tliose wo had met in Pond’s Bay. They are rather sliort in stature hut squat; and broad, and seem to l)e possessed of great strength and endur­ ance; havo g(xxl teeth, and lanky coarse lilack liair. Tlie face is oval and the skin irown. .Some consider them belonging to


the Mangolian shx'k, and others to the Nortli -Amerieair Indian race. The men and women dre.ss miicli alike e.xcopt that the W(3tuen have a longer tail to their tunic or ifloit.se, Irotli W(.-ar trousers and iioots. The lirxxl of tile tunic of the wo­ man ill wider tlian tliat of the man, for it


serves as the 1,ally's cradle. They live (Ml meat exclusively, and gt neraliy in a raw state, the fatter it is me letter, even baliies Slick liliihlier. Wlien they retire to rest they stri]) off all their elotliing just as the I'inglisli iisetl to do iii> to tlie time of Henry VIII.


'I'hey live in inpicks or


tnpicks—skin huts during summer, and oes or snow lints in winter. They are


not noted for cleanliness ami tliere are few wliom we would call good looking even, among lihem- While at Cape Rater 1 very treqnenlly made use of the k.ayak, wliteli is the most interesting invention of the I'isqnimeanx. It is ahont JH feet long Ijy two broad, ami is made (.,f a frame work of bone over wliicli tlie skin of some minial is lightly stretelied and can carry


about 200 pounds l.esides the man. They float in a lew inelies of water and can bo propelled very rapidly liv tile tsvo bladed laddle whieli tiiey use. 1 soon acquired


a certain anioiint of dexterity in their mse, tliougli several of oiir men were upset whiie trying to use tlieni. 'I'.lieir life must be a liard and trving one, for tliey must often he (-in tile verge of famine as tlitw .seem to lie very improvident and ]iossessed of little foretiiotiglit.


It soon beeair.e much cold(--r and snow


sliowers began to recur more or less fre- ciiiently; the sea, tizo, began to form a scum of ice iiiioii it during tlie night. At


last one night came witli so many degrees of frost that next muriimg I was able to w.alk a.'iliiiry the ice, This was suific- ieiit, and all tlio .sliips l egati to prepare for luMUe. it wouid .diiKisl seem tliat in some insenii.ilile way the wliales knew this, for IK-, soon-.T were r,ur lio.tts taken on


boan.1 and dismantled llian tile wliales gan to appear in great nuniliers and


came elose up to tile sliip at times. Wo wer-.‘ not, lu.wei'er, t(_, escape fr(->ni tlie fri-izeii regions of tile far north without one more rather alarming .idveiilure. We were running .soutli lieiure a sir(-,ng iiortherly- ;aie one niglit witli fretpient .snow showers


which are verv iitindiiig. and rendered keeping .i good look out very rliflicult. Heavv and angry seas were curling up astern an,l i.n each quarter, apparently eager to overtake and swallow tip our gal­


lant little narqiie which seemed to he fly­ ing in mad career along tlieir crest liome- ward-bonnil. .Smlilenly a luige moiiiitaln f ice was sia-n aiiead. l'*or us


'i n Strike it .Meant Total Deslriiciion


and dualh in all it.s horrors to all on board.


“H.ird a port,” was yelled in


agonisetl tones ir(.im the look-out in the forecastle; “hard a port” was echoed along


tile deck and answered quickly and smartly by the ever watdifiil and ready helmsman. To answer and to act was tlie work of a mumeiit, a breathless suspense for all on board, and amidst the sigliing of the wind, the creaking of llie mast, and the rattling of the blocks and cordage acoiiipaiiied by a far more fe.arfnl and dreadful souiidi namely., the d:isliing of the sea against the berg: the sinii oliedieiit to lier lieliii, flew up to tlie windi and a.s she did so the eddy :iiul b:ickw:iler from the limiberiiig mass of ice nearly threw lier upon her be;am ends to windw;triJ. W'e quickly righted and as tlie wind again caught our sails our yardarms scrajied along a steejiand ]>recipitous txirgi fragments of ice actually falling upon our deck. In anotlier moiiieiit we were clear anti saved. The enemy witli whom we liad .so many severe and trying eleatli struggles was again disappointed of his prey. Even now, after 32 years. I can recall that nerve-trying scene most vividly liefore my mind's eye, :md as I do so I am (Mnscious of a thrill of emotion. After that our voyage down the Straits, round C:ipe Farewell and home across the broad -Atlantic was uneventful. We ran into the island of Ho'- in the 'Orkney IsHands to


hind the .Shetl.aiid members of our crew, and then Ixire up for the Tay where we ar­ rived after having been absent exactly six months anti three days.


One word in conclusion. England has


done little or nothing to ameliorate the condition of the Esquimeaux living on her territory- in the Arctic, while, on the other haniJ, the Danes have done much to improve their condition, and the_ Green­ landers enjoy- many of the blessings . of religion, laiv, order,'and some degree of civilisiation.


I t is to be hoped a great


wealthy country like England will, before long do something to remedy this deplorable state or things. One step in the right direc-


BOWLAND BRANCH OF TH E FARMERS’ a s s o c ia t io n .


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P RO F E S SO R JOHN D U X BU R Y ’S AMERICAN TOUR.


W’e have teceivetl the following [iar.i-


griipli from an -American cotiteinporary relating to Professor Joliii Dtixbury's se­ cond -American lour.


It will iiU,.'rost


those readers who had the pleasure ot hearing this celebrated elocutionist at


-Moor Lane Chapel a short time ago: — “Professor John Duxhury, of Manches­


ter, Engliimd, gave his new recital of “The .Story of Prince Jonathan” at tlie Prospect Hill Congregational Church, Sunday morning, -\lardi 1, before a large and ap- preciatiie coiigregation. This was the first occasion in -America


that Professor Duxbury presented this poem ;uij it is a singular coLiicideiice that it was on the sjxat wiiidi .resoimded with the tread of both British and .\iiierican soldiery In the days of the Revolution, and wliere tile first -American flag was imfurleu on Jamiarv I, 1776. ■Tile Rev. Dr. W'uodbridge, pastor of the


diiirdi, in introducing Professor Du.xbury last Tuesday eveiiiitg, when lie gave some iiiiscellaiieotis readings, said; “.A very jileasing discuverey was made


yesterday. Professor Duxbury found tliat lie had recited his diarmiiig narrative of "Prince Jonathan'’ on the very spot wliere tile first -American Union flag was raised, f hope this will give liim increased plea­ sure Its he thinks of its significance in 'ho days to come- So cordial have the rela­ tions between tlie two great nations be­ come since then, especially- during the last few years, Uiat one of our friends lias stir gestivl lliat the text of .Sunday be revised so tliat it would read, “And it came to pass, when lie Had made an end of speak­ ing, that the sou! of Jonathan was knit Ij tlie soul of John Bull. ai\d Jonathan loved him as his own soul.’ “W'e liope. sir.’’ said the pastor In con-


chisioii, “that you will carry away pleasant impressions of liis historic snot. Be as silted that you will leave many pleasant mciiK.irios behind vou.”


l•',(lilll: “Bapa is imnieiis'’ly [iloased to


lu'pr yon are a iioeL” Eerily: “ Is lie??” l-idith: Oh, very! Tihe last of my lovers lie tried to kick was a fixitball player.


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1st 13 414, CJSTIE EJTE. Gladys (sighing): “Oh, dear, he hasn’t


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Liberal Club. The Large Room of the above Club lo be


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Tennj on application to the Steward. Dr. Ford: “May I ask why tliis refusal?”


Miss Millions: “Certainly doctor. 'You know my sister married a lawyer, so if I expect to get any of papa’s money I must marry a lawyer also.”


V.B. EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT.


D e t a c hm e n t O rd e r s ,


By Lieut.-Colonel J. JOHNSTON, V.D. Commanding.


Drill every Tuesday and Friday evenings


at 8 o’clock. Recruits Drill every Evening except


Saturday at 8 o’clock. Authority has been received for tlie


Battalion to go to Camp at Great Yarmouth


in July next. Young Men desirous of joining the


Company can do so upon applying to Sergt. Instructor Townsend any evening. The Class of instruction for N.C. Officers


and Privates will meet on Thursday Even­ ings at 8 p.m., instead of Wednesday.


By Order, THOMAS C. ROBINSON, Captain Commanding If Company I'


'iif :!■'•: ijifl


The bill to ameml the Friendly Soc­


ieties’ Act, which has been drawn tip by a committee of the Rational Conlerence of I'Tieiully Societies, proposes that all soc­ ieties seeking to provide sic'k,^ funeral and ;Lnnuhy beiielils shall 1-te registered, except where "such liiisiness as in the casts of trades imioiis, corporate mul immicipal bodies, etc., is carried on imder .Acts cf Parliament, with which the amendment would not interfere. It is proposed that compulsory registr.uion sh:ill apply to branches of friendly societies, and that soc­ ieties should lie enabied to enrol children from birth instead of one year. It fs also proposed to add a cl-ause legalising the guaranlteing of fidelity of officers, which has at present lo be dune by the formation of a specially authorised society.


It


1st.—•To protest against the importation of Eoreigti .Store Cattle.


The following resolution was tmaniniously passed;—•


“'J'liat the opening of our ports to the im­ portation of foreign or Colonial stoic cattle woultl he attended witli the grav­ est ri.sk to tile introduction of discas<a to tlie cattle of tliis country wliich would entail heavy losses to farmers and ei»- iwiise to ratepayers. That it is desij- :ible l(.i make it dear to the public that this question of the in^ortation of .store i.aittle is quite distinct imm the questrnii of the importation of beef or f:it cattle f(.ir slaughter, nor does it ;iffect the co.st of meat to the eonsiimer.''


2nd.—.SHEEP SCAB ORDER. The following resolution was unaiiinious-


ly passed; —


■■'lhat tlierc is no iieeessitv for the re­ newal of these two orders on z\])ril 15th and that the Board of -Agriculture U asked to wiiliijraw iheiii. W'e are will­ ing to accept the terms of tlie Scolcli Order, that is, from the 1st January to the 3lst .Augusti for ilie fir.st i>eriod of (.lipping, and for the 2nd period of dipp­ ing from 1st Septemher to end of No- veniher, salving or dressing to be option­ al. -Also that all Irish .Store Sheep ami Lambs be di]iped on arriv:il in England in the presence nf an Inspector whose certificate will be required before offer­ ing llieiii for sale in any market.”


Mr. I’aniieter was requested to make en­ quiry- as to tile fea.siliility of a motor ser­ vice into tile iiowland distri(a.—.A hearty vote of thanks to tlie Chairmaii concluded llie proceedings.


-Mr. George S|x-ncer. of Rrivenshoiine


farm, Downluim. wlio nassed ;iway on Mon­ day hast, was tlie oldest fanner of the Downham Hall Estate, luiving tenanted Ravensliolnie- for iipw;iri.ls of forty year.s- ■Mr. and .Mr.s. .Spencer enjoyed over fifty years’ lu-irried life together. :iiid in liK)3


celelirated ulieir golden wedding. Dece.a,sC(l who w:is in his eiglityseventli year, leaves a widow and grown-iii> family.


Brown 2: Poison’s “ Paisley flour ”


When Baking at Home,


raising powder (Trade Mark)


will save you time and money. Quick and easy working; fewer eggs and less butter required. Light, digestible


^dainties, that please the most critical palate.


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