. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. model of whichI obtained through the British Admiralty. The onlyliberty that I ventured to take with this model—which had been previously tested by the adventurousjournejS of McClintock in Lancaster Sound—was tolessen the height, and somewhat increase the breadthof the runner; both of which, I think, were improve-ments, giving increased strength, and preventingtoo deep a descent into the snow. I named her theFaith. Her length was thirteen feet, and breadthfour. She could readily carry fourteen
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. model of whichI obtained through the British Admiralty. The onlyliberty that I ventured to take with this model—which had been previously tested by the adventurousjournejS of McClintock in Lancaster Sound—was tolessen the height, and somewhat increase the breadthof the runner; both of which, I think, were improve-ments, giving increased strength, and preventingtoo deep a descent into the snow. I named her theFaith. Her length was thirteen feet, and breadthfour. She could readily carry fourteen hundred poundsof mixed stores. This noble old sledge, which is now endeared to meby every pleasant association, bore the brunt of theheaviest parties, and came back, afterthe descent of the coast, compara-tively sound. The men were at-tached to her in such a way as tomake the line of draught or tractionas near as possible in the axis of theweight. Each man had his 0wnshoulder-belt, or rue-raddy, as weused to call it, and his o^vn track- > line, which for want of horse-hair the SLEDGING. 113 was made of Manilla rope: it traversed freely by aring on a loop or bridle, that extended from runnerto runner in front of the sledge. These track-ropesvaried in length, so as to keep the members of theparty from interfering with each other by walkingabreast. The longest was three fathoms, eighteenfeet, in length; the shortest, directly fastened to thesledge runner, as a means of guiding or suddenly ar-resting and turning the vehicle. The cargo for this journey, without including the
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