SUMMARY OF THE VOYAGE. 7 
Herald departed for Panama, and arrived at that place on tlic lOtli of January, 1849, after 
liaving been absent eight months. 
Not being able, on account of the cholera, to stay at Panama, several days were spent 
at Taboga. The survey of the coast of Veraguas was then resumed. 'Mv. 13. Secmnnn 
meanwhile, disembarking at Remcdios, made a joiumey in the western districts of the Isthmus 
of Panama. On the 19th of March the vessel left the coast of Veraguas, and on the 9th of 
May entered the harbom* of Honolulu, Oahu, where she remained till the 19th of the same 
month, and then again directed her course towards the north in search of Sir John rrankUn. 
Expecting to obtain some information of H.]\I.S. Plover, she went to Petropaulowski Port, 
Kamtschatka, where she found the Nancy Dawson, a schooner equipped by the late Mr. Robert 
Shcdden, for the purpose of discovering some traces of the lost voyagers. Nothing luiving 
been heard of the Plover, the Herald without loss of time went on her passage, and having 
passed Behriug Strait, reached, on the 15tli of July, Chamisso Island, where the Plover was 
met with. 
On the 19th of July, the three vessels, Herald, Plover, and Nancy Duwson, left Kotzcbue 
Somid. They passed Cape Lisbm-ne, Icy Cape, and on the 24th of July anchored off Wain- ^ 
Wright Inlet, whence Lieutenant Pullen started for the Mackenzie River. The Herald and 
Plover now made a bold start for the north, and obtained on the 2Cth of July the first sight 
of the packed ice. The ice was traced by both vessels, until, after having attained latitude 
72° 53' north, 90 miles nearer the Pole than had previously, from this side, been reached, 
their progress was impeded by vast fields of ice. Prevented from proceeding northward, 
the ships returned to WauiwTight Inlet, whence, after a brief stay, they sailed, and shortly after 
separated. The Herald steered for the Asiatic side, and on the 17th of August had the good 
fortune to add a group of islands to the hst of Axctic discoveries. Touching at several places 
on the American shores, Captain Kellett steered for Kotzebue Sound, where he arrived on the 
2nd of September, and found both the Plover and boats. The short time the weather was 
still mild was occupied with exploring Eschscholtz Bay and the river Biickland. Several days 
were spent at Elephant Point, and by the exertions of Dr. John Goodridge,— who through- 
out the voyage was zealously devoted to Natural History, — and ^lessrs. J. Iludsishon, C. See- 
mann, and the late T. AYoodward, a considerable collection of fossils was made, and the 
nature of the ice-cliffs investigated. Leaving the Plover to winter m Kotzebue Sound, the 
Herald departed for the south and arrived at :\Iatzatlan, Mexico, in the beginning of No- 
vember. 
Whae the Herald was surveying the Gulf of California, Mr. B. Sccmann made a jomiiey 
in the interior, which conducted lum tlirough the States of Sinaloa, Durango, and Jalisco. 
On the 4th of April, 1850, the ship left the coast of Mexico, and arrived at Honolulu, Ha- 
waiian Islands, on the Cth of May. ' On the 28th of the same month she quitted the islands, 
and, having sighted the coast of Kamtschatka, reached on the 15th of Jidy the anchorage off 
Chamisso Island. Orders for continuing the search for Sir John Franklin's Expedition 
