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Report of the Advance Party, and attempt to reach the 
Northern Shore, in charge of Henry Brooks. 348 
Report of Surgeon upon Condition of Rescue-party, 
March, 1854. 354 
Report of Messrs. McGary and Bonsall. 357 
Report of a Sledge-journey to the Northwest Coasts of 
Smith’s Strait, by Dr. 1.1. Hayes and William Godfrey 365 
Mr. Morton’s Report of Journey to north and east during 
the months of June and July, 1854. 373 
VI.—Table of Geographical Positions determined by the Ex¬ 
pedition. 384 
VII.—Abstract of the Log-Book. 393 
VIII.—Observations for Longitude of Rensselaer Harbor. 395 
IX.—Observations for Longitude of Rensselaer Harbor—Con¬ 
tinued. 398 
X.—Methods of Survey. 400 
XI.—Determination of Temperatures. 405 
XII.—Meteorological Abstracts. 412 
XIII. —Contribution to our Knowledge of the Climate of the 
American Polar Regions, with an accompanying illus¬ 
tration, by Charles A. Schott, Esq., United States 
Coast Survey. 426 
XIV. —Comparison of the Rensselaer Climate with that at other 
Polar Stations as depending on the difference of their 
respective mean Summer and Winter Temperatures, 
by Charles A. Schott, Esq. 429 
XV.—Observations for Magnetic Dip and Intensity. 430 
XVI.—Magnetic Observations.—Tables of hourly readings of 
the changes of the Magnetic Declination at Rensselaer 
Harbor in 1854. 435 
XVII.—Magnetic Term-day Observations. 438 
XVIII.—Enumeration of Plants collected by Dr. E. K. Kane, 
U. S. N., in his first and second expeditions to the 
Polar Regions, with descriptions and remarks, by 
Elias Durand, Esq. 442 
