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zero. Seals were observed as high up in latitude as 81° and 8°. Several varie- 

 ties of ducks were observed and a variety of other birds known and unknown to 

 ornithologists. Over 100 musk-oxen were slaughtered during the two weeks' 

 residence at Fort Conger. Their flesh proved very valuable food, being palata- 

 ble, wholesome and nutritious. The whole official work of the expedition, plans, 

 sketches and photographic plates and scientific sketches, have been saved and 

 brought home by Lieut. Greely. 



Sergeant Long, of the Greely party, who was the first to respond to the wel- 

 come tone of the steam whistle, says he and Sergeant Brainard were first to hear 

 the sound and they helped each other to crawl out of the tent. When Long got 

 clear of the entanglement of the tent, which had been swept to the ground, he 

 rose to his feet with great difficulty and succeeded in clambering up to the rock 

 that gave the most extensive view in that neighborhood, and Brainard went back 

 to the tent, but Long remained looking out searchingly in every direction for 

 some strange object. At length he saw the unwonted sight of a large black 

 object about a mile distant, which at first looked like a rock, but he knew there 

 was no rock in that line. Suddenly the approaching steam launch changed its 

 course and Long recognized the approach of the rescuers. 



He came down from the rock, went toward the camp, raised the flag pole 

 and flag which had been blown down during the gale and held it for about two 

 minutes — until his strength gave out and it was blown once more to the ground. 

 He then advanced totteringly in the direction of the little steamer and in a few 

 minutes the warm hand of Captain Ash had grasped his in greeting. 



Maurice Connell, who is still excessively weak, stated in an interview that 

 for some days after his rescue he had no recollection of anything that transpired. 

 He did not hear the awakening scream of the whistle and when his comrades 

 shook him up from his prostrate position in camp and told him succor was at 

 hand, he wildly exclaimed "for God's sake let me die in peace! " A. teaspoon- 

 ful of brandy applied to his lips called back the fleeting life spark, for Connell 

 could not have survived more than a few hours. He was by far the weakest of 

 the seven survivors, and the strongest must have succumbed within forty-eight 

 hours. 



The story told by Connell from his recollection of their starving experience is 

 simply heartrending. How they burned the hair off their sealskin boots and 

 coats, cut them into strips, boiled them into stew and ate voraciously of them 

 till their stomachs rebelled and nausea and weakness ensued. In several cases 

 nature gave no call for twelve, fifteen and even eighteen days, and then bloody 

 hemorrhage and consequent weakness ensued, prostrating the victim for several 

 days. The difficulty of keeping the heat in the body was very great. The rule 

 of the camp was to permit no one to sleep longer than two hours. He was 

 awakened roughly and called upon to shake himself, beat his hands and pound 

 his feet and restore circulation. This was found absolutely necessary to prevent 

 torpor and possibly death, the usual accompaniments of intense cold. 



Commander Schley has received instructions from the Secretary of the Navy 



