THE TRIP TO HOLSTEINBORG. 



BY MAYNARD LADI). 



Mr. Porter has had the pleas- 



^^ ant task of telling the story of the 



m '^i ^'^^P '^^ Holsteinborg in search of a 



^L 2 vessel to bring the passengers and 



I 



^ crew of the Miranda back to home 



and friends. I do not wish to en- 

 croach upon his ground, and, as I 



i have not seen his narrative, I may 



prove a trespasser. If this be the 

 case I offer my apologies to Mr. 

 Porter and to whomever may chance 

 to read these fragmentary reminis- 

 cences. 

 We six — Dr. Cook, Porter, Rogers, Thompson, Dunning, 

 and I — enjoyed a novelty of incidents in that eventful trip of 

 ten days which made it to us the most memorable experience 

 of the expedition. My mind dwells with most interest on 

 the first and last days of the journey. Up to the time we 

 stepped down the gangway ladder into the boat and pulled 

 out of the harbor of Siikkertoppen amid the cheers and eager 

 Crod-speeds of our companions, events had turned from bad to 

 worse, unhil the good-natured acquiescence of the passengers 

 to their continual ill-luck was surely changing to a feeling 

 of anxious apprehension. In retrospect, it seems as if the 

 spell of misfortune which had followed us with such persistency 

 became broken from the moment we lost sight of the Miran- 

 da as we rounded the rocky promontory which enclosed tlie 

 northern part of the harbor. 



