. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. , commencing atthe turn of the midnighthour, was ushered in by cheers and firing of guns. Pistols, guns,blunderbusses, were in readiness for the word that should makethe mountains of old Greenland echo back our thunderings forFREEDOM AND OUR NATIVE LAND! As the hour approached, several of us were stationed at vari-ous places, ready to discharge the weapons in our hands at com-mand. Twelve oclock came, and the Fourth of July, 1860, wasupon us. One! two!! three!!! Fire!!!! was the signal; andnever did the George Henry quiver more under the peal
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. , commencing atthe turn of the midnighthour, was ushered in by cheers and firing of guns. Pistols, guns,blunderbusses, were in readiness for the word that should makethe mountains of old Greenland echo back our thunderings forFREEDOM AND OUR NATIVE LAND! As the hour approached, several of us were stationed at vari-ous places, ready to discharge the weapons in our hands at com-mand. Twelve oclock came, and the Fourth of July, 1860, wasupon us. One! two!! three!!! Fire!!!! was the signal; andnever did the George Henry quiver more under the peal of deep-throated guns, in a noble cause, than on that occasion. Afterthis the jubilee was continued by firing, and cheers on national colors were run up (for it was now broad daylight)and saluted. At noon another salute was given, and again twelvehours afterward, when the next midnight proclaimed that anoth-er anniversary of our glorious American freedom had again de-parted. But we had other causes of rejoicing on this especial day. At. KUD-LA-GO8 MONUMENT. 44 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. five in the evening we bad arrived at a point on the coast ofGreenland which was very much like the neighborhood of Hoi-steinborg. The bold mountain peaks were so thickly envelopedin clouds that it was impossible to determine the exact sea also was covered with fog; hence it was wisely determ-ined to run off the land for the night and lie-to. This was done,and as we were upon good codfish banks, lines were put over tocatch some. We were very successful. Before twelve oclockthree lines had drawn in full 800 lbs. of halibut and codfish, thelatter largely predominating. I myself caught four cod weighingin all 100 lbs. One halibut weighed no less than 125 lbs., andtwo others fifty pounds each! I was astonished at the sight ofevery cod drawn in. Such gormandizers had they been—preyingupon the smaller ones of their kind—that their stomachs weredistended to the utmost limi
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