CHAPTER XVII 
SAFE ON THE ROOSEVELT POOR MARVIN 
IF you will remember, the journey from 
"*■ Cape Sheridan to Cape Columbia was with 
overloaded sledges in the darkness preceding 
the dawn of the Arctic day, mostly over rough 
going and up-liill, and now the tables were 
turned. It w^as broad day and down-hill with 
lightened sledges, so that we practically 
coasted the last miles from the twin peaks of 
Columbia to the low, slanting fore-shore of 
Sheridan and the Roosevelt, After the forty 
hours' rest at Cape Columbia, Commander 
Peary had liis sledges loaded up, and with 
Egingwah and the best of the remaining dogs, 
he got away. 
I was told I could remain at the camp for 
another twelve hours. A large and substan- 
tial cache of supplies had been dropped at 
Cape Columbia by various members of the 
expedition and when the Commander was 
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