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clothes, and quite unfitted for a long journey on the ice. In any 

 case, it was Peary's own intention to push northward, in spite of 

 everything. 



'Dr. Dedrick, Lieutenant Peary's companion on his land 

 journey, looked about thirty-five years old. He was well built, 

 and of medium height. He was dressed a la Eskimo, in bear-skin 

 trousers, and a reindeer-skin anorak; and, though he did not 

 say much, he was very obliging. He had travelled with Peary 

 and his Eskimo in the autumn, and, according to Captain Bartlett, 

 had been the perpetrator of a perfect masterpiece in the hunting 

 line. In a valley on Bache Peninsula, they had come across a herd 

 of polar oxen. After having fired on the herd for some time, there 

 were still some animals left standing, whereupon the doctor seized his 

 knife, and attacked them truly a hazardous and imprudent action. 



' The greater part of what Kolotengva had told me was con- 

 firmed in the cabin. Lieutenant Peary omitted to send for me 

 after dinner, and I would not refer to the matter, as I knew that 

 he was confined to his berth, and I did not wish to intrude upon 

 him. . 



'I asked to be called the next morning at five o'clock, as 

 I intended, weather permitting, to return the next day. I was 

 given the cabin sofa to sleep on, and had my reindeer-skin tunic 

 to take to, if it should grow cold in the night. I refused the 

 doctor's liberal offer of his sleeping-bag, as I was under a roof, and 

 had my "mudd;" and was not in the least alarmed by all the talk 

 of the terrible cold in the cabin at night. My Lapp boots, over- 

 socks and stockings were taken below, to be dried and pre- 

 pared by the Eskimo a splendid invention, these Eskimo, for 

 keeping foot-gear in order and everything came back in the 

 morning in first-rate condition, dried, and warm, the "finsko" 

 pliant and patched. My travelling companions were being 

 entertained forward, where they were extremely comfortable, and 

 so I determined to turn in ; and therewith ended the evening of 

 the second day. 



'At five in the morning, I was awakened by the mate, Mr. 

 Bartlett, who asked me to get up and look at the weather. It 

 was snowing a good deal, he said, and it had also snowed slightly 



