24 HalVs Lectures. 



their temporarv attendance at museums in New York and Boston ; 

 but, on learning' their personal discomfort, incident to a close and heated 

 atmospliere, he followed the advice of friends in refusing his consent 

 f(»r their presence at any other lectures than his own ; and this as more 

 consistent with the character of his work. 



I)uriiiL;- the months of December, 1862, and January, 1863, lec- 

 tures in Providence, Norwich, Hartford, New Haven, Hudson, Elmira, 

 and other cities secured the attendance of large audiences. Among 

 the prominent citizens of Providence who invited him to that city 

 were II(^n. II. B. Anthony, President Sears of Brown University, Hon. 

 ,]. \l Bartlett, Prof J. B Angell, Gov. J. Y. Smith, Ex-Gov. E. Dyer, 

 and )[ai W. M, Kodman. 



After the Arctic lecture in Hartford, Professor Silliman indorsed 



Hall's work and his proposals for a new expedition by saying, in the 



Hartford Courant : 



Mr. Hall possesses much knowledge not found in books, the fruits of his 

 own experience ; the discoveries he has made in the Polar Eegions are regarded 

 Ity ;:<'(»grai)liers as of decided importance. Indeed, he did not himself reahze 

 tliai importance until since his return after more than two years' exile. No civ- 

 ilized man has, heretofore, been able to identify himself so completely with the 

 Eskimos. Speaking their language and adopting their modes of life and of 

 voyaging, lie is enabliid to reach with safety, and even with comfort, regions 

 liitlniici (Irciiicd iii;HC('ssil)lo. Old Martin Frobisher has become redivivus under 

 tin- \»'iy micxjxMicd revelations now made. 



At these ('(niversational lectures Hall traced on his maps of the 

 ln( ajities lie liad visited, the tracks of the old voyagers Frobisher, 

 Davis, Hailiii, and others, as well as his own late explorations. The 

 l'nit(-<l States flag, loaned by Mr. Grinnell to the expediton of Dr. 

 Kane, aii<l bmnc by liim sf> near to the Pole, was always saluted by 

 the audience; and the Ivsklnio family were objects of much interest as 



