848 THE VOYAGE OF THE JE ANNETTE. 



ant Danenhower himself had not fully recovered the 

 use of his right eye, but the oculist at Irkutsk advised 

 him that it would soon be well, and he telegraphed for 

 permission to remain and hire a steamer with which to 

 make search for Lieutenant Chipp's party in the spring 

 and summer ; and that two line officers should be sent 

 to assist. The entire party with him also volunteered 

 to remain and assist in the search. The permission to 

 remain was at first given, but Mr. Danenhower cabled 

 that his eyes were in very bad condition, the right eye 

 completely disabled, and the left one affected through 

 sympathy ; whereupon the order was revoked. He 

 was detained by the oculist, and while waiting, Mr. 

 J. P. Jackson, special correspondent of the " New T York 

 Herald," arrived at Irkutsk, on his way to the Lena 

 Delta. By order of the Department, the seaman L. 

 P. Noros, was detailed to accompany him, and when 

 Mr. Jackson and Noros left for Yakutsk, March 12th, 

 Lieutenant Danenhower and the remainder of his 

 charge set out for St. Petersburg. At Nischnendinsk, 

 which they reached on the 17th, a telegram came 

 stating that Lieutenant Giles B. Harber, U. S. N., who 

 had been sent with Master W. H. Schuetze to search for 

 Lieutenant Chipp and his party, was on his way, and 

 they waited here for him. Lieutenant Harber, after 

 a conference with Lieutenant Danenhower, when the 

 entire company volunteered to join him in the search, 

 telegraphed for permission to take with him the five 

 seamen who were in the best condition, and upon receiv- 

 ing the assent of the Department, followed in the course 

 of Mr. Jackson and Noros, with Leach, Manson, Wilson, 

 Lauterbach, and the Indian Aneguin, while Lieutenant 

 Danenhower set out for home with Mr. Newcomb, the 

 seaman John Cole, who required a special attendant, 



