CHAPTER IV. 



it was ascer- 

 tained that we should 

 have to remain at Suk- 

 kertoppen until some 

 vessel could be secured 

 to rescue us we at once 

 set about organizing par- 

 ties for various expe- 

 ditions. Of course, the 

 most important thing was 

 to secure one or more of 

 the fishing-schooners reported to be off the fishing-banks 

 near Holsteinborg, about one hundred and forty miles away. 

 A relief party was selected to go to Holsteinborg for this 

 purpose under the command of Dr. Cook. The other 

 members of the party were Messrs. Ladd, Rogers, Porter, 

 Thompson, and Dunning. Captain Farrell gave Dr. Cook 

 the following letter, to be given to the captain of any ship 

 that he might find : 



" SlJKKERTOPPEN, SOUTH GREENLAND, 1 

 " August 10, 1894. f 



" To Whom It May Concern : 



" DEAR SIK : The steamer Miranda, of Liverpool, England, from 

 New York, with Dr. Frederick A. Cook's Arctic Expedition, struck 

 a sunken rock seven miles southwest of this harbor. The ship is 

 making water. Dr. Cook is going to you for immediate assistance, 

 which please send, as we are in distress. 

 " Yours truly, 



"CAPT. WM. J. FAKRELL, 



" Master of Steamship Miranda." 



Governor Bistrup placed an open sailboat at the disposal 



