ELISHA KENT KANE. 



sequence of the enfeebled condition of the men. 

 The sick were then so drawn up by scurvy as to 

 be unable to move; and the temporary refuge which 

 they found at Anoatok doubtless saved their lives. 

 During the rest and delay of the party at this spot 

 Dr. Kane made several journeys with his dog-sledge 

 to the deserted brig in Rensselaer Bay. By this 

 means he conveyed many hundred pounds of pem- 

 mican to that retreat, thereby lessening the load 

 which was to be drawn in the boats. His last visit 

 to the Advance, with which so many bright and so 

 many sad associations were connected in his mind, 

 was made on the 28th of May. He was compelled 

 to abandon some of his scientific collections and 

 some of his philosophical instruments, which he 

 had hoped to be able to carry away with him ; and, 

 having concluded all his arrangements, he loaded 

 his sledge, bade a last farewell to the old storm- 

 beaten craft, and left her with a sigh in the icy bed 

 where to this day she reposes in an embrace stronger 

 than that of the Titans of old. 



From Anoatok the journey was resumed toward 

 the south ; and it proved to be a most perilous and 

 laborious one. Their route lay over broad tide- 

 holes, deep snow, broken ice, and treacherous water, 

 and the dangers of the journey were so great that 

 they cost the life of one of the best and ablest 



