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Show !' .A.M.'.S I'OUIt SHU. ' Tho eflorts of thu Indefatigable Dr. .Kftiunn lo riach and explore the I Korlli I'olo every attentive neus ,,,. t reader Is more or lu familiar with, ) , Iu lm" bl own Uen of tho course i'l a"4 utlll'y of the l'olar currents, ami HjBj bis theories, borne out as they are In JH I ' R'i'ot measure by his own dliooverlca , ' and observation, have at hmt un air or ! J much plausibility. Ills present Inttu. j!7i tlonls lo force Ills way Into tho groat 'I northerly atnam, and, trusting him. ml lf to ft ship which shall hu able lo ;: ,t,l,t er euduru tho tremendous loo JHjljrjj prresuru that may be encountered, let JH1. l1! that stream carry him whither It will. HJBi Kl To this eud be lias bueu devoting his at. JHt fT' tentlou for some luonths pmt to the pH coi,tructIoti of ft veucl thai shall HH h answer his high ruiulitraouti. The ppj !;! ship has now so far progressed that an pJHj '! Idenmoy beformudol Its guncrul out- HJ l' Hi". Onu who bus seen It says thu HH lj! slanting sides uf tlio tight littlu eraft HjH k ttrlkutheeyr atonce. Under tlio sup- HH ,j puatlon that tho venae) will be HjH jl "icroweJ" by Ihu Ice, cure liaaUeu JHj jij taken that no prcjixtlng points or fl t JHj Rj surraces exist. 'Ibe ixculUr devlgu I. HH lj U.ed on tho antlelpitlou that nil ke, HjH l! when meeting thu vusael, will be forced HJ -, dou n under It, allowing It to Iki r.il.tnl HH ' so much nut of thu water. Tor thu HH 1 enme reason Iho bottom of the vessel HHJ 'l Iscovcrcd with hard audtiiooth tood HHJ greenbeort,Sto6lHcbealhIck. Inside', HHli tbe vessel Is provided with horizontal, HHJj i erllcal, and dlagonul e'rosbeam, HHTj i fattened by hundreds of Iron and HH; I wooden Joints, giving the Impression HJH1 of great sollillly, The frame Is mostly HJHjv ' old oak. Jltsldca thu iipicrmort cover- HHV Ing of rrccubtait, theru are tuo oak HHb 'J sUns. The vessel Is provided with a HHlr il lUtm-englue oflOO bono'power. Ills hhbILl. hhhVhhhhhhhh rlggcda"illiree.niattol schoiunr nnd will mainly rely on It) aalls when In tbe Ice. It dimensions are: keel, "1 metre,; greatest length of deck, V metres; greatest wlith of tUck, II metre,; height from keel to dick, 6.2.) metres; when loain I, 4.T metres; dls. placemetit.SOO toni.Tho hull will bo extremely ex-tremely heavy on account of tho heavy material used In (tin construftlon, Jet Ills estimated that she will be able lo carry 4"0 tons of oial and provision', etc. "' aides the smaller boats necessary neces-sary tu, reoonnoiterlug, etc., two large boats aru being built, ftble lo hold the wholo crow of twelvu men, and pro villous for three months. With such ft marvel of solidity, and with lha skill nnd the experience Ihu Intrepid Nanieu has already uxhlblted, theru are gold reasons to expect that the results of this voyaifo will far excue I thow of any that have preceded It. The Interust nf thu wholo world will bo centered upon It. |
