| Show heading for the north pole advices advises from Winne manitoba under date ol of nov asay james jamef i darnle one of the hudson bay com banys chiet chief factors in the cle arrived here yesterday and reports that tie he met lord lonsdale two months ago away up la in the arctic circle he was traveling with two Esqui maux guides and one personal att attendant jdant his english servant had bad left hm him three weeks before and he was pushing north ward as rapidly as possible he walked all day and displayed such remarkable endurance that thai the natives regard him as a prodigy and refer to him as the man who walks nat fist he even tires his guides out he spoke confidently of being able in his simple mode of traveling trave liag sig to reach the north pole it if his attendants would stick to him lie ile said he be would at least go farther north than any white man had ever gone nearly ail the provi provisions gions he took with him were exhausted and as he would soon pass the last hudson bay post in the country he would have to rely for existence upon such food as the natives ate ile he was in good health though he said he be was sure lie be was not nearly so fat as when he be started he was provided with an Esqui maux fur suit when mr carnie met him shortly after leaving york factory he be met with an accident by which a small bone n his left arm was fractured ile he had his arm bound up and when carnie saw him he was better ile he spoke of being somewhat lonesome as he be had bad no one to talk his own language freely with said he was an excellent shot and had bad many specimens of birds and beasts of the isolated country through which he was prospecting he is out in the interest of the 8 scottish botti sh naturalist society of edineu edinburg rg t to 0 0 ob b tain specimens of birds a and ad b beasts a s t s a and u d to learn more minutely the habits of animals and the feathered kind inhabiting the northern regions besides looking after the habits of animals animal sete etc lie be is inquiring into the habits and cu customs of the indians and has already learned portions of their language he told carnie he would probably return return via the yukon country through alaska |
