Show LIFE IN THE ARCTIC n adventure in a whaleboat and a night of misery mr air harry whitney who vilio adopted the eskimo mode of life and shared with the natives their daily privations and their dangers 0 tells lell in his book hunting 0 with wit h the eskimos this story of an adventure in in tin an open whaleboat whale boal on arctic seas and of the unhappy night 0 which followed on oil land A stiff breeze was blow blowing ilig and athen alien vie e the point above etah it perceptibly increased sails were c r L set and I 1 we e were making 0 good pro gics when without warning L a puff broke the stop which held the nuit mat nu it in place and before the sail could be lowered two boards in the bottom bittoni or of the boit boat split arid and the boat be began an to leak so badly that I 1 fealex it if rould fill with water and sink for forit lit was vias heavily loaded before we ve could make th ne nearcy aret land ahil 1 wo we headed for at once fortune favored us however and I 1 altho although uh crew and outfit go ol 01 a thorough joakin so soaking akin 0 xie we readied reached shore safely although the temperature wa but 31 degrees the air was vias cutting arid and I 1 was 0 chilled through with the welting bitting 0 in view of this the steadily increasing 0 gale anci anatlie andt athe lie fact that we had no facilities for in making aking repairs it was as decided to walk b back ic to etah und and return in tile the morning if vi weather cather favored tavoi ed to mend the boat arid and resume our journey S six is miles it was iras over the hills and a hard six miles too although the exorcise was needed and wholesome that night I 1 will long remember with every minute the wind increased in velocity until it attained the proportions of a terrific gale arid and at tile the same time the temperature pera ture fell rapidly tile the root roof got loose and we vl endeavored to fix it then the stoc pipe blew off and in tile the gale it was found impossible to get it in place again at length only aly J part partially fally el I 1 had to climb out on the roof to hold that in n place lace until it could be secured I 1 and in the process was half frozen then as a list last straw the fire went out the only way aay then to get warm was by retreat to my bleed bleep feel inba ing bag and so the night passed s seems e ell ls i trarice to witness the llie lading 0 of 0 f a draim ge iu in cin all ali 11 ij d countr toun lr tr lui but it 11 haa iiii liven bien done a greit great ina inacy ay tinie tile the uber of irrigation aho faila may trace his 1 arck c k 0 of success s to the too liberal uso use or of water instead inston of vat crin liu lie really drones liis his chops ne neu aorl orl press |