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attack. While some of the boys were ashore we made collections 

 with the plankton nets, dredge, and otter trawl. 



From here we visited Thule, where we paid our respects to the 

 Governor and his wife, with whom we spent a few hours. The Gov- 

 ernor wanted to visit Robertson Bay and I offered him passage on 

 the Morrissey. Arriving at Robertson Bay, we found some old 

 friends, among them Jim Van Hauen, who wanted some walrus meat 

 for the Eskimo. I suggested, therefore, that he come along with me 

 and bring the Eskimo. He did so, and in Smith Sound we got 10 or 

 12 walrus. I brought Jim and his Eskimo and the walrus back to 

 Robertson Bay. 



We then returned north again, into Kane Basin. We visited 

 Dr. Kane's winter quarters at Rensselaer Harbor, also Marshall Bay, 

 Inglefield Land, and as far east as the Great Humboldt Glacier, mak- 

 ing observations of bird and marine life, flowers, and mosses in that 

 vicinity. Continuing on our way north, we came to within 3 miles 

 of Cape Lawrence, Ellesmere Land. This was the. farthest north that 

 I had ever been in the Morrissey. We were now 578 miles from the 

 North Pole. 



From here we worked our way south, passing through Smith 

 Sound around the middle of August. We made the Labrador coast 

 on the 26th and continued south to Brigus, arriving in New York 

 September 15. All of us returned in good health and spirits, all 

 feeling that it was a grand trip. 



Besides the wide range of marine material collected for the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, we brought back four walrus pups for the New 

 York Zoo and a polar bear, which we named Carmichael, for the 

 Philadelphia Zoo. Collections of fauna were also made for the Cleve- 

 land Museum of Natural History and the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, as well as a collection of mosses for Vassar College. 



We are now laying our plans for another trip. I think that the real 

 fountain of youth is to be found going north every summer with 

 such a fine group of lads as we had this year. 



