82 ELISHA KENT KANE. 



The rules which Dr. Kane adopted for the control 

 of the expedition were comprehensive and peculiar. 

 They required absolute subordination to the com- 

 mander or his delegate, abstinence from the use of 

 intoxicating drinks, and the habitual disuse of 

 profane language. The vessel placed under his 

 control was the Advance, in which he had sailed on 

 the previous expedition, and which was furnished 

 by the Government, and by the munificence of 

 private friends, with the necessary equipments. His 

 crew consisted of seventeen persons. Henry Brooks 

 was the first officer, Dr. Isaac I. Hayes the surgeon, 

 Augustus Sontag the astronomer. The men of 

 chief mark among the crew were William Morton, 

 Amos Bonsall, Christian Ohlsen, and James 

 Me Gary. 



Having made all the necessary preparations, Dr. 

 Kane sailed from the port of New York on the 30th 

 of May, 1853. In eighteen days he reached New- 

 foundland, and thence he boldly steered his adven- 

 turous craft for the coast of Greenland. On the 1st 

 of July he entered the obscure harbor of Fiskernaes, 

 where he and his officers became the guests of Mr 

 Lassen, the Danish governor. Here he procured a 

 large supply of fresh provisions, and added an Esqui- 

 maux, named Hans, to the number of his crew. 



Sailing along the rugged coast of Lower and 



