10 OFFICERS AND CREW. 



explorations. He even proposed to me that he should 

 abandon the work upon which he was then employed, 

 in order to aid me in the preliminary preparations. 

 Returning to the United States in 1859, he was ap- 

 pointed to the Dudley Observatory, Albany, and, to 

 accompany me, he sacrificed the fine position of Asso- 

 ciate Director of that institution. 



My party, when at length completed, numbered 

 fourteen persons all told, as follows: — 



August Sonntag, Astronomer, and second in command. 



S. J. McCormick, Sailing Master. 



Henry W. Dodge, Mate. 



Henry G. Radcliffe, Assistant Astronomer. 



George F. Knorr, Commander's Secretary. 



Collin C. Starr, Master's Mate. 



Gibson Caruthers, Boatswain and Carpenter. 



Francis L. Harris, Volunteer. 



Harvey Hey wood, Volunteer. 



John McDonald, Seaman. 



Thomas Barnum, Seaman. 



Charles McCormick, Seaman. 



William Miller, Seaman. 



John Williams, Seaman. 



Our equipment for scientific observations was rea- 

 sonably perfect. The Smithsonian Institution fur- 

 nished a good supply of barometers and thermometers, 

 besides other apparatus not less important, and also 

 spirits, cans, and other materials for the collection 

 and preservation of specimens of Natural History. 

 In this latter department I owe especial obligations to 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and 

 also to the Cambridge Museum. From the skilful 

 maker, Mr. John Tagliabeau, of New York, I had a 

 handsome present of spirit thermometers. From the 

 Topographical Bureau at Washington, through the 



