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name of "Saviksue" or "The Great Irons," and each had it.s own name 

 suggested by its shape. The smallest mass, weighing about 1,100 

 pounds, was called "The Dog"; the next larger mass, weighing about 

 three tons, was named "The Woman," because the shape was thought 

 to suggest the squatting figure of a woman with a babe in her arms and a 

 shawl thrown about her, and the largest mass, weighing more than 

 thirty six and one half tons, was known as "The Tent." The last, 

 however, has been formally christened by the daughter of the explorer 

 with her own name, " Ahnighito." This great mass is 10 feet 1 1 inches 

 long, 6 feet 9 inches high and 5 feet 2 inches thick. 



The Woman and the Dog were visited by Peary in 1894 and were 

 obtained the following year after much difficult and exciting work, an 

 incident of which was the breaking up of the cake of ice on which the 

 Woman had been ferried from the shore to ship just as the mass was 

 about to be hoisted aboard. Fortunately there was enough tackle around 

 the meteorite to prevent it.s loss. In 1895, Commander Peary visited 

 Ahnighito, also, which lay on an island only four miles from the two 

 smaller masses, but he could do little toward its removal. The next year 

 he made another voyage for the purpose of getting the great iron but was 

 unsuccessful. His third attempt was made in 1897, and the meteorite 

 was^brought safely to New York in the ship "Hope." 



SECTION OF AHNIGHITO. NATURAL SIZE. 



Shows broad Widmanstatten lines 



The three masses are closely similar in chemical composition, analyses 

 by J. E. Whitfield giving the following results: 



The Dog. The Woman. Ahnighito. 



Iron 90.99% 91 .47% 91 .48% 



Nickel 8.27% 7.78% 7.79% 



Cobalt 0.53% 0.53% 0.53% 



