Show he lenerts that cook is not the kind hind of a 1 man to claim a distinction he did not believe himself entitled to mr wallace a lace further believes thit that th it had haa cook not net suffered a complete mental and nerous ner ous collapse he would bould have been able to scully defend his arctic claims but to the tory the country of labrador 1 aing ing on the extreme north east cast coat of north america s the one unknown portion of the north american continent not a sure has been made ind arid 03 nothing is known of the interior ten or a dozen years ago the foot of the white roan man had riot not trod ann an distance into this great rv indians and half breed trip trappers pers lived log alog lo g the east and north coasts it lies within the arctic circle and the long and severe evere winters left but a few open months in the ear when explorations could be carriea carnea on about ten years ago the chief editor of the outing Ou tine magazine determined ter mined to labrador in the interest of his magazine mr wallace ace at that time had lust lost his wife to whom horn he was waa devoted deo ted and the offer of the editor to accompany him into the heart of labrador lame came to him as a relief from his great sorrow they started in the early spring they left new york equipped for making observations and taking pictures of the great unknown countr country 3 arriving at the mouth of one of the largest rivers in that country tofy loaded their equipment into 1 t I canoe and it than with only an indian guide and camp rustler they started inland it was a weary lourney for miles chev had to carry the canoe and their provisions provi sons suns between navigable stretches of water one of thee portages por was for a distance of 40 miles the season seabon was as one of drouth continued on page 5 |