FROM NEW YORK TO ETAH n 



was screwed to the deck at the forward end of the 

 room. Over it was a large framed portrait of the 

 founder of the Expedition, Morris K. Jesup, flanked on 

 either side by an etching of President Roosevelt and 

 a photo of Judge Darling, Assistant Secretary of the 

 Navy. In the forward comer was a stationary wash- 

 stand, and on the inboard wall a series of shelves con- 

 taining a small Arctic library, a few books of reference, 

 and a few standard works of fiction. A chest of 

 drawers, a cellarette, a table, a wicker easy chair from 

 Mr. Jesup, a warm brown rug from Mrs. Peary, pictures 

 of the home folks and home places, and Arctic maps 

 upon the walls completed the fittings, not including 

 a trunk and two chests of stores in the doctor's 

 department, for which there was at present no room 

 below decks. 



Wednesday, July 26th, '05. — All things come to an 

 end at last, even the starting of this Expedition. 



The Roosevelt got away from the Terminal Pier at 

 North Sydney at 2 p. m.* With the exception of the 

 quarter-deck, which is loaded with bags of coal, to keep 

 the ship from trimming too deep by the head, the 

 deck is not nearly so badly littered and cumbered as on 

 previous voyages. 



The cases of oil and a few miscellaneous casks are 

 practically all that is not below hatches. We have on 

 board something over 500 tons of coal, besides our 

 supplies and equipment. In capacity, the Roosevelt 

 comes fully up to my expectations. There is a quarter 



*NoTE. — The Roosevelt sailed from New York on July i6th, touched in 

 at Bar Harbour to receive Mr. Jesup's "God-speed," then loaded with coal 

 at Sydney, C. B. 



