2 1 8 KANSAS CITY RE VIE W OF SCJEM CJi . 



only such stops will be made as the condition of the ice necessitates, or as are 

 essential in order to determine the exact location and condition of the stores cached 

 on the east coast of Grinnell Land by the English expedition of 1875. During 

 any enforced delays along that coast it would be well to supplement the English 

 depots by such sraall caches from the steamer's store of provisions as would be val- 

 uable to a party retreating southward by boats from Robeson's Channel. At each 

 point, where an old depot is examined or a new one established, three brief 

 notices will be left of the visit; one to be deposited in the cairn built or found 

 standing; one to be placed on the north side of it, and one to be buried twenty 

 feet north (magnetic) of the cairn. Notices discovered in cairns will be brought 

 away, replacing them, however, by copies. The steamer should, on arrival at 

 the permanent station, discharge her cargo with the utmost dispatch and be or- 

 dered to return to St. Johns, N. F., after a careful examination of the seam of 

 coal at that point has been made by the party to determine whether an ample 

 supply is really procurable. A report in writing on this subject will be sent by 

 the returning vessel. In case of doubt an ample supply must be retained from 

 the steamer's stores. By the returning steamer will be sent a brief report of pro- 

 ceedings and as full a transcript as possible of all meteorological and other ob- 

 servations made during the voyage. After the departure of the vessel the ener- 

 gies of the party should first be devoted to the erection of the dwelling house 

 and observantories, after which a sledge party will be sent, according to the pro- 

 posal made to the Navy Department, to the high land near Cape Joseph Henry.. 

 The sledging parties will generally work in the interests of exploration and dis- 

 covery. The work to be done by them should be marked by all possible care 

 and fidelity. The outlines of the coasts entered on charts will be such only as. 

 have actually been seen by the party. Every favorable opportunity will be im- 

 proved by the sledging parties to determine accurately the geographical positions 

 of all their camps and to obtain the bearing therefrom of all distant cliffs, moun- 

 tains, islands, etc. Careful attention will be given to the collection of specimens 

 of the animal, mineral and vegetable kingdoms. Such collections will be made 

 as complete as possible ; will be considered the property of the Government of 

 the United States, and are to be at its disposal. Special instructions regarding 

 the meteorological, magnetic, tidal, pendulum and other observations, as recom- 

 mended by the Hamburg International Polar Conference, are transmitted here- 

 with. It it contemplated that the permanent station shall be visited in 1882 and 

 1883 by a steam sealer or other vessel, by which supplies for and such additions, 

 to the present party as are deemed needful will be sent. In case such vessel is. 

 unable to reach Lady Franklin Bay in 1882, she will cache a portion of her sup- 

 plies and all of her letters and dispatches at the most northerly point she attains 

 on the east coast of Grinnell Land, and establish a small depot of supplies at 

 Littleton Island. Notices of the locality of such depots will be left at one or all 

 of the following places, viz : Cape Hawks, Cape Sabine and Cape Isabella. In 

 case no vessel reaches the permanent station in 1882 the vessel sent in 1883 will 

 remain in Smith's Sound until there is danger of its closing by ice, and, on leav- 



