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remaining fourteen 1 having- passed the winter of 

 1872-73 near their ship, to the northward of Cape 

 Alexander, in the entrance of Smith Sound. The 

 vessel herself was run on shore. On the 4th of 

 June the party of fourteen left for the south in a 

 couple of boats of their own construction, flat- 

 bottomed scows made from the bulwarks and other 

 timber, and were picked up by the "Kavenscraig" 2 

 25 miles S.E. of Cape York on the 23rd, having by 

 that time only two or three days' fuel left, but in 

 other respects they were well supplied. During 

 the boat voyage they encountered no special dangers 

 or hardships. The greatest inconvenience they 

 experienced was the want of tobacco. They con- 

 soled themselves by smoking tea, which they say 



1 Namely: — 



Jl. Capt. Buddington. J8. Noah Hayes. 



*2. Dr. Bessels. *9. Herman Siemens. 



j3. Capt. Chester (1st mate). *10. Henry Hobby. 



§4. Mr. Morton (2nd mate). ||11. W. F. Campbell. 



*5. Mr. Schumann (eng.). J12. Mr .R. Bryant (asst. astron.) 



+6. Mr. Odell (2nd eng.). +13. Jos. Maneh. 



\~. Nathan Coffin (carpenter). J14. John Booth. 



* Germans, 8 ; •{" Esquimaux, 8 ; j Americans, 14 ; 

 § Irish, 1 ; || Scotch, 1 :— Total 32. 



2 The " Ravenscraig " was nipped by the ice at the time, 

 and the sketch, drawn on the spot by Dr. Sontar, the surgeon 

 on board, shows the crew of the "Ravenscraig" hauling the 

 boat of the " Polaris " over the ice towards the vessel. See 

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