INDEX. 



911 



Walakatina river, 740. 



Walker Cape, 19. 



Walker, Dr., on presence of salt in drink- 

 ing water, 289, 290. 



Walrusses, shot by Mr. Newcomb and 

 Alexey, 138; three shot and lost, 

 160; the most vulnerable point in, 

 327. 



Washington, Rev. George, 10. 



Washington's birthday observed, 263. 



Wassilewski Island, 744. 



Watch, novel method of calling the, 

 673. 



Water for drinking, the question of, 

 124; helped by charcoal, 128; melted 

 snow used for, 130; noes scraped, 

 184 ; distilling for, 185 ; tests of, 251 ; 

 Dr. Kane's views on, 288, 289 ; connec- 

 tion of scurvy with, 290 ; no snow to be 

 found fit for* 333 ; difficulty in guard- 

 ing against carelessness among sea- 

 men, 338 ; taken from surface ice, 393 ; 

 tests of the experiment, 395 ; the tank 

 filled, 396 ; results of experience in us- 

 ing sea-water ice, 423 ; the peril attach- 

 ing to its use, 425 ; specimens of the 

 water, 517; difficulties in securing 

 proper water on the march over the 

 ice, 5S0, 616; experiments of Dr. 

 Ambler concerning, 878. 



Wedge Island, 17. 



Welles, Gideon, interview of G. W. de 

 L. with, 6. 



Wells, Captain, of the Shenandoah, 



furnishes American territory to a 

 wedding-party, 11. 



Weyprecht, Lieut., 126, 251; his com- 

 ment on ice and the Gulf-stream, 373. 



Whales, absence of, 459. 



Wilcox Head, 17, 18. 



Windmill planned for running pumps, 

 311; progress of construction, 314; 

 mounted on the ice, 320 ; mounted on 

 the ship, 326 ; set to work, 327 ; sup- 

 plied with tin fans, 331 ; new arrange- 

 ment of, 351 ; does all the pumping, 

 354 ; meets with an accident, 357 ; is 

 perfected, 365 ; adaptability to differ- 

 ent velocities, 367. 



Wood, Benjamin, helps G. W. dc L. to 

 an appointment in the naval academy, 

 5 ; employs him as letter-writter, 6. 



Wotton, Emma J., 11. 



Wrangel Land, supposed extent of, 48, 

 49; sighted by Captain De Long, and 

 believed to be an island, 160 ; in sight 

 again, 172, 174; distance measured 

 from, 217; reappears, 231, 242; vol- 

 cano on, 286. 



Yakutsk, 838, 847, 849, 850, 851. 862, 

 863, 864. 



York, Cape, 20, 21, 22, 26, 35. 



Young, Sir Allen William, owner of the 

 Pandora, the vessel bought by Mr. 

 Bennett for the Arctic expedition, 44; 

 his reluctance to part with the steam- 

 er, 45. 



