June 
11 th -17 th 
Our company sailed from America in two parties: Mrs. 
Fleischmann and I going to England first, where we met 
Learmonth; the others to Germany. 
June gth all assembled at Trondhjem, setting sail next 
morning at half past eight on the Steamship Vesteraalen for 
Tromsoe, a small town on the northwest coast of Norway, 
WEIGHED ANCHOR FROM TROMSOE 
accessible by water alone, and arriving there on the morning 
of the 12th. 
Five rainy days were spent at Tromsoe before sailing. 
Here preparations were completed, and, among others, we in¬ 
vested in a Samoyede dog, renowned as a bear hunter, who 
had been taken with the Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition to the 
north. “Napoleon,” as he was called, was to be mascot of 
the ship. 
Dr. Holmes was at this time appointed Ship Surgeon, and 
Mrs. Holmes, Historian, for the cruise. 
Midnight, Saturday, June 16th, we boarded the Laura. 
The sun shone in full splendor as we weighed anchor, 
northward bound. 
