CHAPTER III. 



CAPTAIN DAVID BUCHAN. 



1818. 



A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed 

 in his Majesty's ships Dorothea and Trent, under the Com- 

 mand of Captain David Buchan, 1818. To which is 

 added a Summary of all the early attempts to reach the 

 Pacific by way of the Pole. By Captain F. W. Beechey, 

 one of the Lieutenants of the Expedition. 



The two ships appropriated to this service were the 

 Dorothea and the Trent, commanded, officered, and 

 manned as under: — 



Dorothea. 

 David Buchan, Captain. 

 Arthur Morell, Lieutenant. 

 John Duke, Surgeon. 

 John Jermain, Purser. 

 George Fisher, Astronomer. 

 Charles Palmer, Admiralty Mate. 

 Wm. J. Dealy, do. 



Wm. G. Borland, Assist.-Surg. 

 Cyrus Wakeham, Clerk. 

 Peter Bruce, Greenland Master. 

 George Crawford, do. Mate. 

 Thomas Hebron, Carpenter. 



12 Officers. 



43 Seamen and Marines. 



Trent. 



John Franklin, Lieut, and Com r . 

 Frederick Beechey, Lieutenant. 

 William Barrett, Purser. 

 Andrew Reid, Admiralty Mate. 

 George Back, do. 



Alex. Gilfillan, Assist.-Surg. 

 William Castell, Clerk. 

 George Fife, Greenland Master. 

 George Kirby, do. Mate. 

 James Bowden, Carpenter. 



10 Officers. 



28 Seamen and Marines. 



38 Total complement. 



55 Total complement. 



Captain David Buchan was an active and en- 

 terprising officer, who for several years had been 



