CONTENTS. 



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L?JTR4MCCTION - 9 



PART I. 



ELISHA KENT KANE. 



CHAP. I. Youth and Early Training of Dr. Kane 15 



II. Oriental Wanderings, Discoveries, and Perils 23 



III. Dr. Kane's Adventures in Mexico Sketch of Arctic 



Exploration 29 



IV. Dr. Kane's First Arctic Expedition Scenes in Baffin's 



Bay 39 



V. Adventures and Discoveries at Beechey Island 47 



VI. Winter Life in the Arctic Regions 65 



VII. Dr. Kane's Matrimonial Views His Congressional 



Patronage His Unconquerable Enthusiasm 73 



VIII. Dr. Kane's Second Arctic Expedition 80 



IX. Researches and Adventures near the Pole 88 



X. Concluding Labors and Return of the Expedition 100 



SI. Dr. Kane's Official Report of the Second Grinnell 



Expedition Ill 



XII. Dr. Kane's Last Labors, Illness, and Death 127 



XIII. Obsequies of Dr. Kane Estimate of his Character.... 134 



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