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by Government officers, backed by the Government 
treasury. Dr. Eae was connected with the Hudson's 
Bay Company, and with less than a dozen voyageurs 
'on each trip he made the following journeys on 
foot:— 
Miles, 
1844-5. Eed Eiver Colony to St. Marys . 1180 
1847. From Eepulse Bay round Committee 
Bay ...... 1200 
1851. From Bear Lake and on Arctic coast . 1080 
1851-2. Attrabosca to St. Paul's, assisted by 
dogs for 450 miles , ., . 1730 
1854. From Eepulse Bay to Castor and 
Pollux Eiver. . . . .1100 
6290 
Of this, 1765 miles was through territory and along 
coasts which had not been previously explored. 
In 1853 Dr. Kane went in the Advance up 
Smith's Sound, and succeeded in getting his ship 
into Eensselaer Bay, 78° 35' N., where he win¬ 
tered. This is the highest latitude that any ship 
had wintered in. Expeditions were made on foot 
and in sledges, almost as far as 81° N., or past the 
Humboldt Glacier, Peabody Bay, and into Kennedy 
Channel. The furthest point seen by Mr. Morton was 
