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THE ONLY MAX BESIDES ADMIRAL PEARY AND FOUR ESKIMOS WHO STOOD AT THE 



TOP OF THE WORLD 



Matthew Henson. the expert colored assistant, had been with Peary since his second 

 expedition to Nicaragua, in 1887. and on all his Arctic expeditions except the first, in 1886. 

 The leader considered him the best dog-driver living, except some of the best of the Eskimo 

 hunters themselves (see page 310). 



