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supply of knives, needles, and other articles for bartct. 
a large, well-chosen library, and a valuable set of it\. 
struments for scientific observations. 
We left New York on the 30th of May, 1853, es¬ 
corted by several noble steamers; and, passing slowly 
on to the Narrows amid salutes and cheers of farewell 
cast our brig off from the steam-tug and put to sea. 
It took us eighteen days to reach St. John’s, New. 
foundland. The Governor, Mr. Hamilton, a brother 
of the Secretary of the Admiralty, received us with a 
hearty English welcome; and all the officials, indeed 
all the inhabitants, vied with each other in efforts t 0 
advance our views. I purchased here a stock of fresh 
beef, which, after removing the bones and tendons, We 
compressed into rolls by wrapping it closely with twine, 
according to the nautical process of marling, and hung 
it up in the rigging. 
After two days we left this thriving and hospitable 
city; and, with a noble team of Newfoundland dogs on 
board, the gift of Governor Hamilton, headed our brig 
for the coast of Greenland. 
We reached Baffin’s Bay without incident. We 
took deep-sea-soundings as we approached its axis, 
and found a reliable depth of nineteen hundred fa¬ 
thoms: an interesting result, as it shows that the 
ridge which is known to extend between Ireland and 
Newfoundland in the bed of the Atlantic is depressed 
as it passes farther to the north. A few days more 
found us off the coast of Greenland, making our way 
toward Fiskernaes. 
