338 General Notes. [ October, 
The U. S. steamer Rodgers sailed from San Francisco on June 
16th to search for and relieve the ¥eannette. She is a full-rigged 
bark of 420 tons, heavily sheathed with three-inch oak plank. 
She is supplied with stores for four years, including large quanti- 
ties of pemmican and lime juice. She is commanded by Lieu- 
tenant R. M. Berry and has a company of 35 officers and men. 
The paymaster is W. H. Gilder, formerly of the Schwatka expe- 
dition. She is to proceed to the coast of Siberia and thence to 
Herald Island and Wrangell Land, where Lieut. Berry hopes to 
winter, 
The U. S. frigate A//iance has been ordered to cruise in the 
northern Atlantic, visiting the coast of Spitzbergen, in view of the 
possible return of the ¥cannette by the east coast of Greenland or 
the shores of Franz-Josef Land. The A//iance sailed from Not- 
folk on June 16th, arrived at Reikiavik, Iceland, on July 9th, and 
at Hammerfest on the 25th. 
Congress having appropriated the sum of $25,000 to the estab- 
lishment of two stations within the Arctic circle, at Lady Frank- 
lin Bay and Point Barrow, in accordance with the plan adopted 
two other officers, sixteen soldiers, four observers, one naturalist, 
two surgeons and one photographer. They sailed in the steamer 
Proteus from St. Johns, N. F., on July 7th. They go first to 
Disco to procure Eskimo guides, dogs and furs, and expect to be 
joined there by Dr. Pavey and Mr. H. Clay, who were left there 
by the Gulnare last year. The Proteus will then visit Lancaster 
Sound to see if any traces of the ¥eannette are to be found, as = 
"After 
erecting the dwelling house and observatories, a Slee ae 
as Bb the 7é@ : 
0 visit Cape Joseph Henry to seek for tidings 0 for the form 
ing of collections and taking of observations of all kinds, as ae 
ommended by the Hamburg Conference. It is expected that 
1883, if not previously visited, and retreat southward by gern 
following the east coast of Grinnell Land until the relieving a 
sel is met or Littleton island reached. ae 
