E. B. Delabarre, Ph. D. yi 



graduates from Harvard. Huntington Adams organized 

 and provisioned the expedition most efficiently, kept the 

 meteorological records, and studied the economic mineral- 

 ogy of the regions visited. In the latter work he was assisted 

 by Lewis B. McCornick. Henry B. Bigelow proved an ex- 

 cellent ornithologist. Henry W. Palmer engaged in no 

 scientific work, but was attracted chiefly by the hope of sport 

 and adventure. 



On account of the limited resources of the party, the 

 expedition was made in a sailing vessel instead of in a steamer. 

 This subjected it to numerous delays and made the trip so 

 slow that there was little time for the much desired explora- 

 tion of the northern extremity of the country ; but it proved a 

 fortunate feature in that it insured a thorough and detailed 

 examination of the coast greater than that of any previous 

 scientific expedition. 



The ship secured for the voyage was the "Brave," a 

 forty-ton fishing schooner owned by J. M. Butler, of St. 

 John's, Newfoundland. She had just been entirely rebuilt, 

 and was therefore new and clean, and well adapted to the 

 needs of our small party. Her captain was Abram Batten, 

 of Bareneed, Conception Bay — a very efficient man, skillful 

 and trustworthy, and thoroughly familiar with the Labrador 

 coast. Besides him, our crew consisted of a cook and two 

 seamen, to whose willing and able service we owe much of 

 the success of the expedition. It may encourage other 

 attempts similar to ours to know that all the regular expenses 

 of the trip, including hire and provisioning of vessel, pay of 

 captain and crew, and such extra equipment and provisioning 

 as we ourselves furnished, amounted to only about $1,200 for 

 the entire party of six. 



