a mortal wound. Two hundred and
forty-seven dead Coreans were counted within the works. Five forts and
a large number of flags and cannon had been captured. The gallant
conduct of the men of the navy made a deep impression on the people of
the China coast and led to the increased consideration and safety of
American citizens in those localities.

On Saturday morning, November 26, 1877, occurred one of the most
disastrous wrecks in the history of the navy. The steam sloop-of-war
"Huron" struck the rocks near Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, in a heavy
gale and was wrecked, with the loss of nearly a hundred officers and
men. The boats were washed from the davits and the thirty-four persons
who were saved reached the shore by swimming. Ensign Lucien Young
landed on the beach after desperate efforts, and spread the alarm. His
sturdy activity resulted in the saving of several lives.

The members of a naval exploring expedition, which had sailed in the
"Polaris" for the Arctic regions in 1871, were rescued from boats and
the floating ice in Baffin's Bay in 1873, the "Polaris" having been
abandoned as a wreck.

The United States steamer "Rodgers," commanded by Lieutenant Robert M.
Berry, was detailed in 1881 to search for the exploring party
organized by James Gordon Bennett and headed by Lieutenant-Commander
DeLong, which had embarked in the "Jeannette" for the far north and
had been last heard of in August, 1879. The "Rodgers" was burned and
abandoned in St. Laurence Bay, Siberia, in November, 1881; but
Lieutenant Berry continued his search on the coast. In the early
spring he learned that one party from the "Jeannette," that of
Chief-Engineer Melville, had been saved and was searching for the
other two parties which had become separated from the first in a storm
while attempting to escape from the Arctic seas in open boats after
the "Jeannette" had been crushed and sunk by the ice. Lieutenant Berry
soon afterward met Chief-Engineer Melville's party and learned that
the bodies of Lieutenant DeLong and his companions had been found.
Search for the other party which had been led by Lieutenant Chipp was
continued, and the Navy Department fitted out another vessel, the
"Alliance," to aid in the possible rescue. But Lieutenant Chipp and
his men were never found.

[Illustration: Wreck of United States War-Ships off Samoa.]

During the massacres by Egyptian troops under Arabi Pasha in
Alexandria, in 1882, when more than two hund