United States; 13 were seen to fall.

Forty-five years ago a traveller visiting Greenland noticed that the
natives used some kind of metal with which they put tips and edges on
their weapons. On inquiry they told him that they obtained it from some
large stones, but they could not or would not show him where the stones
were to be found.

Lieutenant Peary determined to find them, as he suspected that they were
meteorites, and after a long and careful search he found them on
Melville Bay, a little east of Cape York.

There were three rocks, all of uncommonly large size, and on examination
they proved to be meteorites, one of them being the largest ever found.

In 1895 the two smaller ones were brought back by Lieutenant Peary; but
before he was able to move the larger one, the ice began to form in the
bay, and not wishing to be blocked in for the winter, he had to leave
the prize where it was.

Last year he made another effort to secure the big stone, but the
machinery he was using to raise it got out of order, and he again had to
abandon the attempt.

Now a message comes from Sydney, a port on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia,
which says that he has arrived safely, bringing with him the famous
meteorite.

When his vessel, the _Hope_, steamed into port she was in a very
battered condition. She had encountered so many storms and such furious