. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. allthrough and through the body of his enemy. I wasassured that after this adventure the party adhered tothe custom I had enjoined, of keeping at all times awatch and fire-arms inside the camping-tent. The final cache, which I relied so much upon, wasentirely destroyed. It had been built mtli extremecare, of rocks which had been assembled by very heavylabor, and adjusted with much aid often from capstan-bars as levers. The entire construction was, so far asour means permitted, most effective a
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. allthrough and through the body of his enemy. I wasassured that after this adventure the party adhered tothe custom I had enjoined, of keeping at all times awatch and fire-arms inside the camping-tent. The final cache, which I relied so much upon, wasentirely destroyed. It had been built mtli extremecare, of rocks which had been assembled by very heavylabor, and adjusted with much aid often from capstan-bars as levers. The entire construction was, so far asour means permitted, most effective and these tigers of the ice seemed to have scarcelyencountered an obstacle. Not a morsel of pemmicanremained except in the iron cases, which, being roundwith conical ends, defied both claws and teeth. Theyhad rolled and pawed them in every direction, tossing BEARS AT SPORT. 277 them about like footballs, although over eighty poundsin weight. An alcohol-case, strongly iron-bound, wasdashed into small fragments, and a tin can of liquormashed and twisted almost into a ball. The claws of. **iritinii«„- THE CACHE DESTROYED. the beast had perforated the metal, and torn it up aswith a cold chisel. They were too dainty for salt meats: ground coffeethey had an evident relish for: old canvas was a favor-ite for some reason or other; even our flag, Avhich hadbeen reared to take possession of the waste, wasgnawed down to the very staff. They had made aregular frolic of it; rolling our bread-barrels over the Zib THE THAWS. ice-foot and into the broken outside ice; and, unable tomasticate our heavy India-rubber cloth, they had tiedit up in unimaginable hard knots. McGary describes the whole area around the cacheas marked by the well-worn paths of these animals;and an adjacent slope of ice-covered rock, with anangle of 45°, was so worn and covered with their hair,as to suggest the idea that they had been amusingthemselves by sliding down it on their haunches. Aperformance, by
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