f lime-juice from the provision of the sledge parties. The
reason for leaving it out was that fuel would have to be carried to thaw
it, and with a load of 237 pounds to the man, the sledge parties were
already weighted down. This shows how the most labored and extensive
preparations for a "dash" may be defeated by failure in even one
apparently small item.

Now that the subject of Arctic colonization is so energetically
discussed in this country, it may be worth while to republish the
recommendations of a German government commission appointed to consider
the scheme, when it was first proposed by Weyprecht. These were as
follows:

"1. The exploration of the Arctic regions is of great importance for all
branches of science. The commission recommends for such exploration the
establishment of fixed observing stations. From the principal station,
and supported by it, are to be made exploring expeditions by sea and by
land.

"2. The commission is of opinion that the region which should be
explored by organized German Arctic explorers is the great inlet to the
higher Arctic regions situated between the eastern shore of Greenland
and the western shore of Spitzbergen.

"Considering the results of the second German Arctic expedition, a
principal station should be established on the eastern shore of
Greenland, and at least _two_ secondary stations, fitted out for
_permanent_ investigation of different scientific questions, at Jan
Mayen and on the western shore of Spitzbergen. For certain scientific
researches the principal station should establish temporary stations.

"3. It appears very desirable, and so far as scientific preparations are
concerned, possible, to commence these Arctic explorations in the year
1877.

"4. The commission is convinced that an exploration of the Arctic
regions, based on such principles, will furnish valuable results, even
if limited to the region between Greenland and Spitzbergen; but it is
also of opinion that an exhaustive solution of the problems to be solved
can only be expected when the exploration is extended over the whole
Arctic zone, and when other countries take their share in the
undertaking.

"The commission recommends, therefore, that the principles adopted for
the German undertaking should be communicated to the governments of the
States which take interest in Arctic inquiry, in order to establish, if
possible, a complete circle of observing stations in the Arctic zones."

It