28 OBJECTS OF EXPEDITION. 



and at various depths ; and on meteorological and 

 other interesting phenomena; to all of which 

 Captain Buchan was directed to pay particular 

 attention ; and, that this branch of his duty might 

 be the more effectually performed, Mr. George 

 Fisher was appointed to assist him, in the ca- 

 pacity of astronomer to the expedition. 



It could hardly be supposed that any of the 

 officers engaged in this service were, at the 

 outset, much acquainted with the navigation of 

 an icy sea ; and, to render the expedition more 

 complete in this particular, a Greenland master 

 and mate, of great experience, were appointed 

 to each vessel. 



The total complement of each of these vessels 

 was as follows : — 



Dorothea, 55 Men. 



Captain David Buchan. 



Lieutenant Arthur Morell. 



Surgeon. John Duke. 



Purser. John Jermain. 



Astronomer. George Fisher. 



Admiralty Mates. Charles Palmer. William J. Dealy 



Assista?it Surgeon. William G. Borland. 



Clerk. Cyrus Wakeham. 



Greenland Master. Peter Bruce. 



Mate. George Crawford. 



Carpenter. Thomas Hebrow. 



43 Seamen and Marines. 



