Show T COLD D DRINK RINE statistics OF TOTAL abstinence 13 IN polar REGIONS REGION Arnon gother results of the arctic expel some bome curious statistics have been beell obtained withe ference to the question of total ab sti nence the ailsia allsta abstainers abstain iners ers went out but with the expedition were sex six viz william mallay adam ayles Nyles william gore joiner and geif gelf of the ahe alert aler 1 and henry petty of the thin discovery there were weng two or t three dee fee other seamen beamen n wh j joined the temperance cause during the commission and it is only fair to state that tint the novices summered suffered from scurfy like the o crew brew mallay was waif not employ employed po on any long iong on 9 journeys but was repeatedly V out with supporting part parties les ies he hei states kates thab that the sledging parties of the alert suffered greater privations than those e ada from the sister ship they had pushed beyo beyond nd the limit e of animal ilfe life and their supplies of reindeer and musk mask ox were vero soon eoon exhausted they consequently obliged to subsist entirely upon hirs hips Is stores and this enforced abstinence i sti nence from anim animal al food made hem ulem in in a s special degree t susceptible to 0 scurvy on tho the termination ot qt e sledging dullea duties at tho end ol 01 I 1 july 7 P liy lly the tho abstain abstainers ens ers found blut tt they I 1 had bad surpassed the tho remain der of or the th et mer ae r e 68 8 crew jn in the number of oada dass days vs kcf Ael sJ edging performed on this occasion ses n ay Y i lenad seb had been beeh out days ai nd id M if 4 y 98 93 1 and it I 1 isa sa remarkable 0 fact ac till the latter remarks that that fa a elther either of us were wore attacked by kei Oct irvy curvy but enjoyed good health and were bal only wea weakened bened by our arduous duties in sledging work adam ayles ft isa iga a teetotaler of many years standing he was not only put guf for ilo iio days sledging but bat on one occasion he was out no less lebs than 81 days ys from the ship at a time on this occasion scurvy had attacked the party and had gained on them so suddenly that with the of aid ald rich and ayles the whole the men seyen seen seven in ili iii number umbel were in helpless iki iii ar condition dolge and mitchell still managed struggle by the side aide of the th sledge eledge but the other invalids who had bad held out until the last moment were obliged to be carried we have already stated that of the who were free from scurvy adam ayles was one the other nea nia was s lieutenant aldrich who alth aith although buch buah not an abstainer was next door to one diluting hla hia rum moron moro than any other member of the expedition tion during daring the whole of his sledge journeys ayles ay les ies aad ate and well weil ibid and bore bora the cold eyen esen better than those who were accustomed to take stimulants Theres the rest bothe of the party had a double allowance grog forty five above proof before turning in they also smoked a good deal but for his part ayles says be he neither drank nor smoked and h he 0 too took look it ca care eare r er ahat that th jl this his allowance of grog was I 1 stopped on joining the ship twice a week there was wag beer served out which was considered great luxury as ib it occupied room loom in the traveling and was out very sparingly ho he was in better health in his hj 3 cje ifo than at the present time henry genry petty a teetotaler of six bix teen years standing was the only total abstainer on 0 u the discovery he accompanied capt stephenson in all ail his sledging i ex cursione cur eur sion slon and as it fell to his hia lot to act as cook they were away from fram the ship and lie he was thus obliged boget to get out into the cold for an hour and a hair half in ln the morning and for the same period in the eve eive ning nang ho he was most exposed esposet I 1 to thic iho frost of any man in the ship he was sledging sixty days in all 0 oat oft one oe occasion casion ho be accompanied the captain to the alert a distance of some somo ninety miles doing the journey in four days and eight hours and returning in JU three bedig day uuna and a half herdd he had been medically I 1 y examined on tuesday by the tha doctor of the ship with the rest of the crew and he learned that he had never been treated for he had only suf euf ferrod from a cut in the hand he be believed cleved that his immunity from d disease was entirely owing to his teetotalism he had slept well throughout lie he campaign and had relished his fooshe had also escaped frostbite frost bite foreit seem shad been an abstainer until he was 21 years old but in an unguarded moment while on the sledge journey be he succumbed cum eum ed to ther the temptation 1 and persuasion of his companions compa niona and ano took lo 10 grog previous pravio asto to breaking b his hia is pledge gore stated that he hd could coul d cat as well as any one oile in fact after devouring his portion he was in the habit of looking about ab loiet for diores more bilt blit but bub no sooner had he taken to grog drinking than he be found his appetite to fail fall and he was deprived of the refreshing sleep which ha be had for formerly merli merJi enjoyed he was wa the only good templar which joined the expedition that was attacked and for this he was no doubt indebted to his hia unfaithfulness ful ness he gave stimulants he remarks remark si a fail oali trial and he is now did jha iha mischief it may benetic be biotic ed dd thattie that the whole chips companies doctors and officers included are conclusive against the serving out of stimulants during the day day they them emphatically state stata that no vork can be done upon grog but many of them seem to cla elm cling to the belief that a glass at night waa a sovereign recuperative agen tand fitted them for fir the fatigues of the morning dr colan colao the senior medical officer on boar board the alert speaks very favorably of total abstinence as a exhibited during the expedition and I 1 his bis lis its forthcoming report wiil will possess much lu interest tuest bondon temes times |