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deer, and walrus skins, skeleton of a 

 two-horned narwhal, a rare Arctic spec- 

 imen ; also living specimens of musk ox, 

 walrus, Arctic hare, and Eskimo dogs. 



Anchor and chain lost by Erik last 

 summer are on board. 



The Fram left Godhaven about Au- 

 gust 20, bound home. She has been in 

 Jones Sound, from whence it is under- 

 stood explorations were made to the 

 northwest. One death, a fireman, is 

 reported since 1899. Others on board 

 said to be well. 



The little schooner Forgclmenot, 

 caught in the ice at Cape Haven last 

 year, is now on her way to St Johns. 

 (Signed) Peary. 



SUMMARY OF PEARY'S WORK 



Mr Peary has devoted practically the 

 whole of the last twelve years to Arctic 

 work. He announces that he has now 

 retired from Arctic exploration and will 

 hereafter devote his energies to his pro- 

 fession, civil engineering. The results 

 of his long labors in the far north are 

 most important. He has proved Green- 

 land an island and mapped its northern 

 coast line; he has defined and mapped 

 the islands to the north of Greenland, 

 known as the Greenland Archipelago; 

 he has shown that an ice-covered Arctic 



ocean probably extends from the Green- 

 land Archipelago to the North Pole; he 

 has accurately defined the lands oppo- 

 site the northwestern coast of Green- 

 land, Grant Land, Grinnell Land, and 

 Ellesmereland ; he has reached the most 

 northerly known land in the world; he 

 has gained the most northerly point yet 

 reached on the Western Hemisphere, 84 

 17'; he has studied the Eskimo as only 

 one can who has lived with them for 

 years; he has added much to our knowl- 

 edge of Arctic fauna and flora; of the 

 musk ox, the Arctic hare, and the deer; 

 the notes he has made during the past 

 years will benefit meteorology and geol- 

 ogy — all these are some of Lieutenant 

 Peary's achievements during the twelve 

 years he has so valiantly battled in the 

 far north. But, above all, Mr Peary 

 has given the world a notable example 

 of a brave and modest man who, in spite 

 of broken limbs and most terrible phys- 

 ical suffering and financial discourage- 

 ments, has unflinchingly forced to a_ 

 successful end that which he had de- 

 cided to accomplish. 



To Mrs Peary, the able seconder of 

 her husband's plans, and to Mr H. L. 

 Bridgman, the efficient secretary of the 

 Peary Arctic Club, and the loyal mem- 

 bers of that club, much credit is due. 



G. H. G. 



GEOGRAPHIC NOTES 



RECLAMATION SERVICE 



ON June 17, 1902, what is known 

 as the " Reclamation Law " was 

 signed by the President. This appro- 

 priates the receipts from the sale and 

 disposal of public lands in certain states 

 and territories to the construction of 

 irrigation works for the reclamation of 

 arid lands. Thirteen states and three 

 territories are named in the bill, viz, 

 thestatesof California, Colorado, Idaho, 



Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,. 

 North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, 

 Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, and 

 the territories of Arizona, New Mexico, 

 and Oklahoma. The funds made avail- 

 able are those received during the fiscal 

 years ending June 30, 1901 and 1902, 

 and subsequent years. The amount has 

 not been specifically given by the Treas- 

 ury Department, but is unofficially 

 stated to be three millions for 1901 

 and four and a half millions for 1902. 



