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name of “Saviksue”’ or ‘The Great Irons,” and each had its own name 
suggested by its shape. ‘The smallest mass, weighing about 1,100 
pounds, was called “The Dog”; the next larger mass, weighing about 
three tons, was named ‘’The Woman,” because the shape was thought 
to suggest the squatting figure of a woman with a babe in her arnis and a 
shawl thrown about her, and the largest mass, weighing more than 
thirty six and one half tons, was known as “’The Tent.” ‘The last, 
however, has been formally christened by the daughter of the explorer 
with her own name, ‘“‘Ahnighito.”’ This great mass is 10 feet 11 inches 
long, 6 feet 9 inches high and 5 feet 2 inches thick. 
The Woman and the Dog were visited by Peary in 1894 and were 
obtained the following year after much difficult and exciting work, an 
incident of which was the breaking up of the cake of ice on which the 
Woman ‘had been ferried from the shore to ship just as the mass was 
about to be hoisted aboard. Fortunately there was enough tackle around 
the meteorite to prevent its loss. In 1895, Commander Peary visited 
Ahnighito, also, which lay on an island only four miles from the two 
smaller masses, but he could do little toward its removal. ‘The next year 
he made another voyage for the purpose of getting the great iron but was 
unsuccessful. His third attempt was made in 1897, and the meteorite 
was brought safely to New York in the ship ‘ Hope.” 
SECTION OF AHNIGHITO. NATURAL SIZE. 
Shows broad Widmanstiitten lines. 
‘The three masses are closely similar in chemical composition, analyses 
by J. E 
). Whitfield giving the following results: 
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The Dog. The Woman. Ahnighito. 
[ron ‘3:4 teste BOZO US A Willen. oes OF Fa Os tae iv: .. 91.48% 
Nickel 1 x “a RET Oe Resi a ee 4 tO Td A ae 7.79% 
WRB Ye A. 0:63%. « va» rcs sore BORG aa week Cee ene 
Cobalt 
