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the nurse, came on board, together with “Miss Bill,” a young Es- 
kimo girl, whom it had been decided to bring to the United States. 
Hearty farewells were spoken to Mr. Hugh J. Lee, the member 
of Lieutenant Peary’s party, who had volunteered to remain 
over another winter with him, and then our staunch old craft 
raised anchor and began her homeward voyage. Lieutenant 
Peary had decided to accompany us as far as Cape York, to su- 
perintend the shipping on board of a large meteorite, which had 
been located and examined by him on a sledge journey in the pre- 
vious May. He is satisfied that this meteorite is identical with 
the historic “Souilic,” or Iron Mountain referred to by the Arctic 
Highlanders who met Sir John Ross in 1818, as one of the 
two localities from which they obtained the iron for their knives.'^ 
Arriving at Cape York on the evening of August 27th, the ice 
in Melville Bay to the eastward, where the meteorite was located, 
was found to be intact, thus putting an end to all our hopes of se- 
curing the specimen. 
To expedite the return of Lieutenant Peary to his headquarters 
the “Falcon” again turned northward and carried the explorer as 
far as the Petowik Glacier. Arriving here the Lieutenant bade 
farewell to his devoted wife and infant daughter and clambered 
down into the whale boat, which with its crew of Matt Henson, 
the colored servant, and four Eskimos, was awaiting him. 
Decked out in all her bunting, a salute from her gun proclaimed 
the farewell of the “Falcon.” 
Erect and resolute in the stem of his small boat. Lieutenant 
Peary, in answer to the parting cheers from the ship, waved a 
farewell as the favoring wind bore him from our sight. A 
strange parting this — under the cold, gray sky of the Arctic — 
with the great glacier in the background. 
Keeping in the open water of Melville Bay, we set our course 
for Godhavn, on Disco Island; a southeasterly gale drove us 
many miles from our course and we did not arrive there until 
September 2nd. Here we parted with Dr. Axel Ohlin, the 
Swedish member of our party, who availed himself of the invita- 
7 . Arctic Manual, p. 325. 
