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turing in the Northern and Eastern cities on the sub- 

 ject of Arctic Exploration. The purpose of these 

 lectures was to obtain funds for his future movements. 

 He was also employed in discussing with the writers 

 of the British Admiralty the priority of the claim 

 of De Haven to the discovery of the Grinnell Land, 

 which Captain Austin was supposed to have first 

 discovered, and which had been named by him 

 "Albert Land." At the request of the Secretary 

 of the Navy, Dr. Kane prepared a labored argument 

 in support of the priority of discovery on the part 

 of De Haven, in which he clearly establishes the fact 

 that the American officer had first seen the same 

 projection of land which the British commander 

 afterward detected. This argument was inserted 

 by Dr. Kane in his published narrative of his first 

 expedition, and forms a valuable addition to that 

 excellent work.* 



As time advanced and as difficulties increased, 

 the whole soul of Dr. Kane became centred on his 

 second expedition. He desired to obtain an appro- 

 priation from Congress, but after considerable effort 

 he found the obstacles to be insurmountable. He 



* See The United States Grinnell Expedition : A Personal Narra- 

 tive, by E. K. Kane, M.D., U.S.N.: New York, Harper & Brothers, 

 p. 200, et seq. 



