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in 1898, and one of the sailors had made a voyage to 

 Hudson Bay. 



Next after the personnel of the Expedition comes 

 their environment. In the present case no member of 

 the party was quartered below deck. The after cabin 

 for officers, close down against the propeller post, and 

 the forecastle for the crew, down in the eyes of the ship 

 forward, to be found in all the old-fashioned ships, and 

 even in those recently built for Arctic work, were lack- 

 ing on the Roosevelt, and in their stead were light, roomy 

 accommodations on deck. 



As to the furnishings of the rooms there was little to 

 be said. Beginning forward, it is well known that Jack, 

 particularly if a Newfoundland sealer, does not take 

 much bric-a-brac to sea with him, his outfit comprising 

 only his clothes and his bedding. There were therefore 

 no oil paintings or etchings on the walls of the forward 

 house. Two tiers of folding bunks, a stove, a table, 

 and the seamen's chests for chairs, completed the list. 



The furnishings of the after house were hardly less 

 simple. 



In the port saloon, which was lighted by two twelve- 

 inch ports on the side, and a window looking forward, 

 a leather-cushioned locker extended around three sides 

 of the room; and this, with an extension table screwed 

 to the floor, a clock, a little library presented to the 

 ship by the Seaman's Friend Society, and a brief 

 notice to the members of the Expedition, stating the 

 object of the Expedition, what was expected of the 

 members and what success would mean to them, 

 completed the furniture. Here the ship's officers, 

 except the captain, messed. 



