"Captain Peary—They came in a trunk.
"Mr. Roberts—Your trunk?
"Captain Peary—Yes.
"Mr. Roberts—After you reached the station and found the trunk, what did you and the committee do regarding the instruments?
"Captain Peary—I should say that we opened the trunk there in the station.
"Mr. Roberts—That is, in the baggage-room of the station?
"Captain Peary—Yes.
"Mr. Roberts—Were the instruments all taken out?
"Captain Peary—That I could not say. Members of the committee will probably remember better than I.
"Mr. Roberts—Well, do you not have any recollection of whether they took them out and examined them?