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supply of milk, Lee was able to travel 20 miles during 

 the following march. Another dog fell exhausted on the 

 11th, and another on the 12th, leaving five. On the 

 13th the five had been reduced to four, and on the 16th 

 only three were left. On the latter date the last of the 

 dog-food was consumed. On the 21st June the remainder 

 of the venison was given to the two remaining dogs, and 

 on the 22nd one of the two dogs died. On the 23rd the 

 summits of the land appeared. The remaining dog was 

 now given a pair of seal-skin boots and several yards of 

 raw-hide line. Peary and his companions had four biscuits 

 remaining for supper and breakfast. The Lodge was 

 reached on the 24th June, and found to be intact. 



The only dog to reach the Lodge was Panikpah, and it 

 was fed by Peary before he ate anything himself. The 

 memory of the famine-days on the ice-cap remained with 

 the dog long after, and he might be seen at all times 

 hiding away every bit of meat or blubber, and every bone 

 he could find about the place. These noble dogs saved 

 the lives of the party. 



The journey of 500 miles across the ice-cap, from 

 moraine to moraine, was made in twenty-five marches of 

 an average of 20 miles. The weather on the whole was 

 exceptionally good, or it would have been impossible to 

 cover the distance in so short a time. 



Early in the morning of the 3rd August the Kite arrived 

 to take them home. On the way south two of the Cape 

 York meteorites were successfully removed and shipped. 



Peary made a summer voyage in 1896 for the purpose 

 of obtaining the third and largest of the meteorites. 

 Before, however, it could be got on board, the ship had 

 to leave, in order to avoid being crushed by the ice. 



Still determined to obtain the meteorite, Peary made 

 another voyage in the summer of 1897, and was successful 

 in shipping the meteorite and taking it to the United 



