56 THE JEANNETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



tors witnessed her departure, waving handkerchiefs and giv- 

 ing cheers, while the whistles of the steamers in the harbor 

 and factories along the shore sounded out their noisy 

 farewell. 



On the 27th of June the Rodgers was on the Pacific- 

 Ocean, one thousand miles from San Francisco. " On the 

 29th," wrote a correspondent, " we sighted Oimalaska's high 

 mountains, and on the next day passed within fifty miles of 

 Umnak, and saw the peak of its snow-crested volcano, 5,000 

 feet high, burst through a cloud and tinged with the glory of 

 the setting sun. It was a gorgeous spectacle. Near it we 

 saw the smoke arising from one of the burning volcanoes of 

 the Four Mountains. The following day we passed into 

 Bering's Sea. 



" On the 14th of July we crossed the 180th meridian, and 

 were in east longitude. Here is where the mariner takes 

 up one day when sailing toward the west, or drops one if 

 going east. As we were to recross the same meridian in a 

 few days, Lieutenant Berry concluded that we might as well 

 retain our old reckoning. The only difference it made was 

 that we found the religious people of Petropavlovsk holding 

 service on Saturday instead of Sunday, and we were con- 

 stantly in doubt as to whether to-day was really to-day or to- 



morrow.' : 



The Rodgers arrived at Petropavlovsk July 19th, and 

 found anchored there the Alaska Commercial Company's 

 steamer Alexander, Captain Sandman, and the Russian 

 corvette, the Strelock, commanded by Captain DeLivron. 

 DeLivron informed Lieutenant Berry that he had been di- 

 rected to assist the searchers for the Jeannette in every way 

 in his power; and during the stay of the Rodgers the Rus- 

 sians extended to her officers the most cordial hospitality. 

 At this place a native was hired as dog-driver, and forty- 

 seven dogs were taken on board, w r hose howls for many 

 hours afterward were something to be remembered by nil 

 who heard them. 



Petropavlovsk (Ports of Peter and Paul) is the capital of 



