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THE JEANNETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



WHALE-BOAT. Engineer Melville, Lieutenant Danenhower, 

 Newcomb, Cole, Leach, Mansen, Wilson, Bartlett, Lauder- 

 back, Charles Tong Sing, Anequin. 



Extreme length, 25 ft. 4 in. ; breadth, 5 ft. 6 in. ; depth, 

 2 ft. 2 in. from top of gunwale to top of keel ; clinker built, 

 copper fastened, drawing about twenty-four inches when 

 loaded, this being caused by the heavy oak keel piece, sim- 

 ilar to those of the first and second cutters. She had one 

 mast and one dipping log sail, and was fitted with weather 

 claws about September llth. The master boat-builder at 



B 



A First Cutter. D Second Cutter. C Whale-Boat, 



Mare Island told mo that she was one of the best fastened 

 boats that he had ever seen, and our experience proved it ; 

 for the racket she stood on the journey over the ice was al- 

 most incredible. The plans of the boats I got from Carpenter 

 Sweetman at Kotelnoi Island, September 4th, 1881. 



The captain decided to work along the shoal that lies be- 

 tween Tliaddeoffsky and Kotolnoi Islands. There was a 

 moderate wind from the eastward, and the captain tried to 

 keep close in, in about four feet of water. The result was 

 ' that the first cutter was constantly grounding, and then la- 

 boriously getting off again. We continued on our course to 

 the southward, the captain's boat getting in breakers at one 

 time and calling for our boat to pull him out. There was 



