Jan. 14, 1856.] KANE. 19 



arrived at Upernavik, where the Danish authorities gave them a cordial 

 welcome. 



The President said that the small vessel in which Dr. Kane sailed 

 brought to mind the voyages of Hudson, Baffin, and other Arctic 

 worthies ; and he praised the unostentatious tone of Dr. Kane's report, 

 which touched upon hardships more with reference to those under him 

 than to himself. 



He then pointed out the peculiar difficulties and sufferings of the 

 expedition owing to the appearance of tetanus — a complaint almost 

 unheard of in Arctic travel — which had carried off some of the men, 

 and almost all the dogs. 



He acknowledged the impartiality with which Dr. Kane had named 

 the farthest points of discovery — which might be called the posts of 

 honour — without national distinction ; and said that the zeal and 

 ability displayed in the conduct of the expedition, and the generosity 

 with which Dr. Kane bestowed the praise due to it, upon those associated 

 with him, did credit alike to his head and his heart, and must endear 

 the man himself to all who had, that night, heard the account of his 

 proceedings. 



Sir E. Belcher said that, on 17th May, from an elevation of 1500 

 feet, he had seen the sea open to the distant horizon, or as far as the eye 

 could see, studded with small loose ice, and had no doubt that this was 

 the same icy sea seen in motion by Parry and Kane. 



Captain Sherard Osborn having made some observations upon the 

 relics of Franklin's expedition ; — 



Dr. Rae agreed in the main with Captain Osborn, but wished to 

 remark that the descriptions given by the Esquimaux were distinct and 

 clear. 



In the spring of 1850, a party, of at least 40 in number, had been 

 met N. of King William Land, who, travelling southwards, had 

 pitched tents to rest in, and were found dead on a low flat country near 

 Point Ogle. Mr. Anderson had found, on Montreal Island, part of a 

 boat marked " Terror," and the valuables obtained by him were similar 

 to those saved by Sir J. Ross. The account of the Esquimaux was no 

 doubt true in all material points. 



He thought Dr. Kane's party would have suffered less had they 

 built snow-houses as he had done, instead of using tents when travel- 

 ling; he had only two blankets and two skins for every four men, and 

 scarcely suffered from cold. A difference of 15° or 20° in the external 

 temperature made little difference in a snow-house. The position of the 

 ships was supposed to be between Victoria Land and N. Somerset. 



The President said he had not wished to bring on a discussion on 

 points which would naturally be raised at the next Meeting, and re- 



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