Exploration Work of the Institution 479 



"The outfit of physical instruments and apparatus, and 

 supplies, for collections of natural history, were principally 

 furnished from the Smithsonian fund, while the personal ex- 

 penses were borne by a subscription of a number of gentlemen 

 interested in the advance of science, and by the Academies 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and Chicago." 1 



In 1867 an exploration of the northern parts of South 

 America was made by the Lyceum of Natural History of 

 Williams College, Massachusetts, under Professor James Or- 

 ton, and the Institution furnished instruments and a consid- 

 erable part of the necessary outfit, and took charge of the 

 transportation of the collections made. 2 



In 1882 an expedition to the Commander Islands in the 

 North Pacific was arranged for by the Institution, and Doc- 

 tor Leonhard Stejneger was selected for the work. One 

 of the special tasks committed to him was to collect bones of 

 the extinct Arctic sea-cow. His transportation was secured 

 through the Alaska Commercial Company, a corporation 

 which has always been ready to aid the Institution in scien- 

 tific enterprises. Doctor Stejneger obtained large collections, 

 including skulls and bones of the sea-cow, which were the 

 special object of his quest. 



In 1883 Pierre L. Jouy, who has been in the service of the 

 Institution for a number of years, accompanied Honorable 

 Lucius H. Foote to Korea upon the occasion of the inaugu- 

 ration of official intercourse with that country, and later con- 

 nected himself with the civil service of the Korean govern- 

 ment. He made valuable observations and collections while 

 so engaged. Lieutenant J. B. Bernadou, U. S. N., also ex- 

 plored Korea under the auspices of the Institution. 



Important explorations in the East, especially in Mongolia 

 and Tibet, were conducted, partly under the auspices of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, by Honorable William W. Rockhill, 



1 " Smithsonian Report," 1865, page 62. 2 Ibidem, 1867, page 49. 



