88 HISTORY AND METHODS OF TI1K FI 



TAX! of iii-xxi-h rtiniiirixhiii tin \oi-lli. Tnrifir irlirtlhifl Jld't of 11-70, n-itli the, ai'dmii'n rali-li nf cni-l vessel. 



RECAPITULATION. 



In the season of 1871 the Korth Pacific fleet consisted of thirty-five American and four foreign 

 vessels, all but seven of which were abandoned in the ice off Wainwright's Inlet, north of Bering 

 Strait. The names of the saved vessels were the Buropa, Arctic, Progress, Lagoda, Daniel Web- 

 ster, Midas, and Chance. Four of the lost vessels belonged at Honolulu. The following are the 

 names of the abandoned vessels and the ports to which they belonged : 



