The bottoms were covered with copper.

The party consisted of the following persons: Frank M.Brown, president; Robert Brewster Stanton, chief engineer; John Hislop, first assistant engineer; C.W.
Potter, T.P.Rigney, E.A.Reynolds, J.H.Hughes, W.H.Bush, Edward Coe, Edward -- --, Peter Hansborough, Henry Richards, G.W.

Gibson, Charles Potter, F.A.Nims, photographer, and J.C.Terry.The baggage of each man was limited to twenty-five pounds.

The cargoes were packed in tight, zinc-lined boxes three feet long, with one of which each boat was provided, but these were found to be cumbersome and heavy, the boats being down to within one inch of the gunwales in the water, so they were taken out and all lashed together, forming a sort of raft.

This carried about one-third of all the supplies, and all the extra oars and rope, a most unwise arrangement from every point of view.