ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. 



CHAPTER I. 



Departure. — "Rescue" Schooner. — Names of Crew. — Outfit. — Sea-sickness. — First 

 Sight of Whales. — William Sterry. — Banks of Newfoundland. — Storm at Sea.— 

 "Sulphur Bottoms." — The first Iceberg. — Visit to one. — The Danish Brig Mari- 

 ane. — Past Experiences of Scurvy. — Death and Burial of Kudlago. — Fourth of 

 July at Sea. — Halibut and Codfish. — First Meeting with Esquimaux. — Native Pi- 

 lots. — Ephraim's Pants. — Midnight Sun. — Arrival at Holsteinborg. 



It was on Tuesday, May 29th, 1860, that I departed from New 

 London, Conn., on my voyage in the barque George Henry. We 

 were accompanied by a tender, the Amaret schooner, formerly the 

 far-famed "Rescue" of arctic celebrity — a name that I intend to 

 retain in speaking of her throughout my narrative. 



The officers and crews of these two vessels numbered in all 

 twenty-nine persons; my expedition consisted of Kudlago and 

 myself, thus making a total of thirty-one souls leaving New Lon- 

 don. 



As I shall have frequent occasion to mention some of the ship's 

 company by name, I here give a list of them and their rating on 

 board. 



List of Officers and Crew. 



S. 0. Budington Captain. 



Frank Kogers 1st Officer. 



A.J.Gardiner 2d " 



Reuben Lamb 3d " 



Kobert Smith 4th " 



C. Keeney Boat-steerer. 



E. W. Morgan " 



A. Bailey 



W.F.Roberts " 



W. R. Sterry... Blacksmith and Cooper. 



J. R. Hudson Steward. 



Geo. Beckwith Seaman. 



R. A. Comstock " 



H. Smith " 



A.S.Bradley 



J. B. Neil Seaman, 



J. Buckley " 



S. Willson " 



W.B.Russell " 



J.Gray " 



W.Stokes " 



W. Conley " 



W. Ellard " 



M. Silva " 



W. Johnson " 



J.Bruce " 



J. Antonio " 



F. Silva " 



J.Brown " 



