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exceeded thciI authority and tho justification
fails.
Tho jury found verdict for the defend
ants,
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ron tnE ADVANCE
NEST OF SrIENcF.-'rho Twelfth Meeting Of
this Association was held at Baltimore, and
closed on the 4th inst.
Among the many papers Of scientific inter
est which were read, the one by DR.. Hayes,
of the Kane Arctic Expedition, was especially
noticeable. lie proposes another expedition
to explore the Open Polar Sea. The follow
ing abstract of his paper we take from the
the Boston Traveller.
Or Hayes announced his firm belief tina
there was an open Polar Sea beyond the leo
belt that thus far had prevented actual access
to the Pole, which was indicated by many
discoveries of the Russians above Siberia. Of
the English above Spitzbergen, and by the
Americans through Smith s Strait.
With regard to this open water, Dir. Hayes
stated that by late adyccs from Europe he
had learned that DR.. Rink of Copenhagen
had appeared before the Royal Geographical
Society Of London and questioned the dscov
cry. DR.. Hayes had not learned the data
upon which Dir. Rink founded his objections,
and he would leave allinquirics which might
arise upon this point to be answered by the
facts which he would present in the course OF
| his r2marls--acts which he believed to be
| indisputaNc
Besides this actual discovery, there were
many facts which are utterly incapable Of OK
| he l,n .npf'..Si,, ,f such
sea.
/. The bird life of the high Arctic regions.
Morton saw the cliffs Of the open sea swarm
ing with water fowl. The speaker had often
observed rds flying to the northward over
the ice-bclt in the Spring, evidently to pro
duce their young in some warmer region, and
their instinct would not have drawn them
thithcr, unless in that direction open water
would be found.
=. That mlder climate prevailed above
7S7 of latitude was suggested by the
Isothermal curves.
The speaker coniccturel that at the Pole
the climate would be found not far unlike
that which is experienced on the parallel OF
G6 :
5, The plants that was gathered by DR..
Kane above 81 : indicated IL warmer climate
than that Of several degrees lower. The point
vi tAlfG9llS COlu hC Thought 10 DC HDOuI 20
j The Esqumaux traditions all point to
the North as IA place of their origin.
5. Numerous observations show that tho
great body of the polar water is permanently
above the freezing point. The deep water in
Baifin's Bay flows towards the Pole as tho
Northward drift Of the deep icebergs shows
But was it practicable to attempt the ex-
ploraton Of this open sea ? Failures bad al
ways occurred when the attempts were madC
by the East Of Greenland routes. Kane:
route he thought was practicable and by il
he believe there was no insurmountablt
obstacle to complete success.
DR.. Hayes detailed tho course to be pursued
to achieve this climax of discovery-to com
plete the efforts to explore the Polar Sea. Th,
expedition would require two years for it
operations, and in view Of the rich and valu
able experience Of the last, he could not bu
deem it probable that the next attempt would
prove successful. There was needed for th'
expedition one vessel Of 100 tons. equipped
for two and IA half years, and - men. 1
would greatly add to the convenience OF ch'
party u b, provided with Il small steam ten.
der uf thirty toms, With I'll nhiftins screw: eX
cept for the necessity of conveying provision
even 50 large Il vessel as one Of 100 tons woulC
not be necessary
The party should leave the States early ii
r. April. Before the last of August it SHOULD
push up Smiths Sound to the iccbelt, wit
: the intention of wintering As nigh as the sol
parallel if possible. 1t would be necessary
by three or four journeys with the dog -sledge
to make dcpots Of provision as high in Grin
neli'a Land ON the SD parallel. This wa
, perfectly feasible each dog could be depen
ded on to carry 20 pounds weight 80 miles
day, on a ration Of thirteen ounces Of pemmi