22 INTRODUCTION. 



by various German savans, and communicated through 

 Dr. Petermann. 



In Sect. 24 particular reference was made to the im- 

 portance of the ascent of glaciers, to be undertaken by 

 Lieut. Payer. 



Sects. 27 and 28 contained further orders concerning 

 the naming of the newly-discovered lands, which for the 

 most part was to be left until the completion of the 

 general map at home ; also regarding the value and the 

 use to be made of the collections brought home, and the 

 apportionment of the work resulting therefrom. All 

 these provisions could only be seriously considered on 

 the return of the expedition, and would then serve as 

 rules for the guidance of the Bremen Committee. With 

 this the complicated preparations "were ended, and the 

 day of departure drew near. 



The Bremen Committee might now look upon that part 

 of their task which related to the support of these prepa- 

 rations as finished. Another part which, as has been 

 already remarked, devolved entirely upon them, was 

 that of raising the considerable amount still required to 

 defray the cost of the undertaking. At the time of start- 

 ing, not half the cost of the expedition had been raised, 

 and the Bremen Committee were, in this task, busily 

 occupied for more than a year. Invitations for subscrip- 

 tions were published and sent to private individuals as 

 well as to corporations, to the representatives of Germany 

 in foreign countries, and also to the magistrates of 

 many German towns. ^ An account of the position of the 



' The contributions arising out of this appeal wei^e to be forwarded 

 to Dr. Petermann, or to the Accountant of the Expedition, Mr. G. 

 Albrecht, in Bremen. 



