expedition to the Lesser Antilles, the Museum began to look about for a vessel to send to Etah for the mem- bers of the staff, their collections and the Expedition pro- perty that was to come back. Principally in ac- count of the accident to the "Diana", which entailed unexpected expenditure amounting to about $11,000, the funds of the Crocker Land Expedition were exhaust- ed, and it seemed necessary to employ the cheapest means that could do the accomplish the task. A steamer being considered out of the question, a good auxiliary schooner was suggested as being the next best thing as being perfectly competent for the enter- prise. Captain George Corner, a well-known whaling captain of long experience in Arctic waters, was engaged to report upon the several vessels that were available and he reported that the "George B. Clutt" belonging to the Wilfred J. Greatful, [illegible], fisherman of Labrador seemed to meet requirements. Inasmuch as the Carnegie Institution of Washing- ton gave a favorable report upon the work which this vessel had done for it in Hudson Bay in 1914, she was engaged for the relief of the Crocker Land Expedition. The "Clutt" is well known to the American