The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-25 00:00:00

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INLAND REVENU E.
OLD BROAD-STREET, JAN. 12, 1850.
Pursuant to the directions of the statutes 1 and 2 William IT., C.
22, and 6 and 7 Vie., c. 86 rasp. etively, notice is .hereby given, that
on NII
days stated the follawing , LEFT HACKIC
andthe METROPOLITAN STAGEARTICLES CARRIAGES, were deposited in
the Public Carriages Department of this .office; and unless such
articles be claimed, and the ownership of them proved, between lb,
hours of Ten and Three, and within one year from the time of thcr
deposit, they will be disposed of, as directed by the above statutes_
By order of the Board,
W. W. SUTHERLAND..
Description. Data.
1849 Ost..

403 Carpet bag - -
406 Scarf - -
415 Saw and oilcloth
417 Parasol -
423 Coat - - -
424 Coat - - -
425 Painting- - -
424 Two paper parcels -
131 Paper-box - -
432 Plate, Medical -
434 Umbrella - -
435 Umbrella - -
436 Umbrella - -
137 Cap - -
141 Bandbox and Writing-

case - - - -
143 Parasols (two) - - 39
451 Coat - - - - 23.
455 Bag - - - - n 2;
453 Parasol - - - - Zi
466 Parcel - - - 2i,
467 Deal box - - - 21,
469 Livery coat - - 21'
473 Umbrella - - 21/
4U Umbrella - -
475 Umbrella - -
476 Shawl - -
478 Victorine - -
481 Coat - - -
483 Scarf - - -
490 Writing-case
492 Shawl - -
494 Coat - - -
505 Shawl - -
506 Coat - -
512 Carpet bag - -
313 Umbrella and stick
515 Coat -

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517 Umbrella atd cane
519 Parcel- - - -
525 Two umbrellas and. pa-
r.sol
526 Shawl - -
527 Scarf - - - -
533 Coat - - - • -
533 Coat - - - Iso
531 Shawl - - - - 1.4)
535 Air cushion - - 1.0
541 Cane - - -
543 Umbrella - - - 1.7'
549 Rug - - - -
550 Leather case - -
551 Boa - -
552 Muff - -
553 Coat - -
554 Cap - -
555 Opera-glass -
556 Scarf' - -
558 Silver plato - -
560 Opera-glass - - ,
561 Rug - - -
562 Reys - - - -
563. Umbrella - - - 3d
565 Coat - - - -
567 Keys - - -
56i Parcels - - - - 119
5;9 Book - - - - 119
572 Shawl - - - - 119
573 Parcel - - - - 99
575 Parasol - - - -
5;1 Carpet bag - - -
331 Bonnet box - - -
586 Umbrella - - -
586 Two cotton umbrellas -
539 Umbrella - - -
591 Parasol - - - /2.1
599 Pas =port - - - 17
6t 0 Boa - - - - 21
602 Shawl - - - 29
603 Cane - - - -
606 Umbrella - - SS
607 Air-cushion - - 30
608 Two umbrellas -

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CALEDONIAN SOCIETY of LONDON.
The ANNUAL BALL will take place at the Hanover-square
Rooms on TINIRSDAY, January 31. Lists of the Stewards for the
issue of Vouchers can be obtained at the Rooms, and of the Hou. Se-
cretary, 15. King William-street, City.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrolled under the
Friendly Societies' Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND.
42, Moorgate-street. London.
Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.
W: G. Prescott, Esq.
Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.

Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq.

TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Policies issued in the year 1818-434, f0r.£65,110.
Do. do. do. 1849-568, for 115,865.

Increase . • • • • • 134, for £30,755
Every description of Life Assurance effected daily.
Detailed Prospectuses, showing the very peculiar advantages of-
fered by this Association, may be had on application to the office..
By order of the Board,
PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary.
8 I January 24, 1850.

ARGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great
Windmill-street, St. James's

Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, Jun.
This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is
NOW OPEN for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins,
Money, and Franceni.
For Terms of Private Tuition apply at the ofilce.—Terms of Sub-
scription, for morning and evening practice :—S!x months, 51. 5s ;
one month, 11. Is.; one evening, Is. Subscribers' tickets not
transferable.
The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock. and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely.
The BENEFI of M. LAURENT, jun., is fixed for MONDAY
EVENING, the 4th of February.

SIR GEORGE HEAD'S NEW WORK.
On Wednesday, Feb. 6, will be published, in 2 vols., post Bvo.,
HISTORICAL MEMOIRS of CARDINAL
PACCA, Prime Minister to Pica VII. Written by Himself.
Translated from the Italian, by Sir GEORGE HEAD.
Also, by Sir George Head, 3 vols., Sam, price 365.,
ROME ; a Tour of Many Days.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
Re LwAy.

.Aotice is hereby given, that the next lIALF-YEARLY "ORDI-
NARY MEETING of :the London and North-Western Railway
Company will be held'atithe Euston Station, London on FRIDAY, the
22d day of Feb., MO, at Twelve o'clock precisely ; end immediately
after the tranotction of the business ofsuch meeting, an Extraordi-
nary General Meeting of the 'Company will be held, at the same
place, for the special purpose of• considering the propriety of, and
d..termining as to, the adoption; gnd exereike ofthe powers and pro-
visions, or some of them, whibli the Company may become en.
titled to adopt and exercise, under the 'authority of an Act of Par-
liament passed in the Bth and 9th year of the reign of her present.
Majesty, chapter 42, fiir authorising the proprietors of canals to
become carriers, and to exercrie other powers and privileges in
such Act mentioned; and f r the further purpose of considering,
and approving or disapproving, the undermentioned Bills, respec-
tively, proposed to he introduced into Parliament in the ensuing
Session (drafts of which Bills will then be laid before the Meeting,)
viz.:— . .

. .
' A Bill to authorise the abanilonment of part of the undertaking
of the Shropshire Union Bailwai and Canal Company, and to alter
some of the provisions Of the lease thereof to the London and North-
Western Railway Company."- `.
" A Bill to authorise,the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company
to lease their undertaking to the London and Nerth-Western Railway
Company, or to make other arrangements relating therete, and for
other purposes."

"A hill to authorise an alteration in 'the line of the Buckingham-
shire Railway at Oxford." • .
"A Bill to enable the East and West India Dcick and Bir-
mingham Junction Railway Company to make certain branch rail-
ways, and to amend the Apt relating to the said Company, and to
authorise the lease of the undettaking, and for other purposes."
GEO. CAILR GLYN, Chairman.
CHAS. LAWRENCE, Deputy Chairman:.
HENRY BOOTH
'ecretarles.
CHARLES E. STEWART, 1'
Easton Station, London, Jan. 24, 1850.

REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

-
Notice is hereby given; that the next HALF-YEARLY GE-
NERALMEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held
in London, pnrsuant to the Abt• of Parliament, at the Paddington
Station, en Trumpet the 14th day of February, at Twelve for One
o'Clock precisely, for the election of three Directors, in the place of
the same number retiring by rotation, and for other purposes of busi-
ness; at which meeting is ReigIIALPM„ the Committee of Share.:
holders, appointed on the 20th of September last, will be presented
for consideration.

The said General Meeting will. be made special, in order to con-
sider the propriety of converting the paid up Share Capital of the
Company into Stock, and also for the purpose of considering and (if
approved) of authorising aud sanctioning the purchase oft the un-
dertaking_ and, workS of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way Company, on Certain terms conditionally entered into by the
Directors, subject to the approval of General Meetings of both Com-
panies.
The Chair be:taken at One o'clock precisely.
C. RUSSELL, Chairman.
• BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-eligible unier the provisions of the
Act, and notice must be grVilti" to the Secretary, •in compliance•with
a Bye-lAw of the Company, on or. .before the 31st day of January
instant, of the names df Amy Proprietors who are to be nominated
or proposed for, election tis Directors at the said Half-yearly General
Meeting.
the Transfer Books of Shares will be closed on and from Monday,
the 4th of February, and will not be re.opcned until atter the said
Half-yearly General Meeting, on the 14th February, and the Divi•-•
(lend for the halr-year ending 31st December last will be paid to the
Proprietors who nMy be registered:on the Company's Books when
closed. . .

•
By ercier of the Board,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary,
Paddington Station, January, 18, 1850.

EUB ER'S METE LIQUID GLUE, for
Li • Glass and ;China, witlicut smell, aiid not Per Bottle.
affected by hot water - - - " 6d. and ls.
Improved Liquid Glue, for Wood, Stone, &c,
without smell, - . . - 6d. ls. and Is. 6d.
Waterproof Naptha Glue, for all purposes - 3d. and 6d.
Water Varnish - - - 6d. and is.
At the General Liquid: Glue Depot, 549, New Oxford-street.
" For repairing anything short of a kingdom out of joint,' or a
broken constitution,' this. Impcoved Liquid Glue seems quite up to
the mark. We have tried it on a china dish, a wooden box, and a
meerschaum pipe', with equally satisfactory results."—Builder, Dec.
30, 1848.

tAAVIFS'S CANDLES, 41d. and sd. per lb.;
wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 730., 9d., and 9)id. ;
Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, is. 2d.; fine wax, is. 54. ;
transparent wax:ls. Bd. and ls. 10d. • best wax, 2s. 14.; sperm can-
dles, is 81. and is. 10d. ; metallic, 7d. and 80. ; mottled soap 565.
und 60s. per 112' lbs. ; yel •w, 445., 505., and 565. ; Windsor boa',
Is. 4d. per packet ; brown Windsor, is 91. ; rose, 2s. ; almond,
2s. 6d.; s erm oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 30. ; argand, 4s 6d. ;
sealing wax, 4s.' 6d. per lb., fbr cash, at DAVIES'S old established
warehouse, 63,' St. Martn's.lane, opposite Westminster County
Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-house).

ANOTHER CURE OF 'COtTGII' AND OPPRESSION OF THE
CHEST, THIS WEEK, BY
DID. LOCOCK'§ PULMONIC WAFERS..
From Mr. J. Sergennt, Booiseller, Linton, Jan. 7, 1850.
" Gentlernen,—Mr. Mitchell, of Abingdon, a respectable cooper,
far upwards or twelve months has been suffering from a Cough and
Oppression of the Chest. He has been under the treatment of our
neighbouring surgeons, without receiving any benefit; but, strange
to relate, before he took half the contents of a small box of Dr.
Locock's Pulmonie Wafers, he experienced almost miraculous relief,
and has since continued in the enjoyment of health to which he had
previously for a long petiod been a stranger.

" J. SERGEANT."
Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief, and a rapid cure of
asthma, coughs, and all disotderit Of the breath and lunge.
Price is. 1%d., 2s. 9d,, and 1 le. per box. Sold by all Medicine
Venders.

Also Dr. LOCOCK'S 'FEMALE WAFERS, the only remedy re•
commended to bn take!' by Females, have no taste of medicine.

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Palce Is. 1%d., 25..-9.1., and Ils, per box.
Bewar. of Imitations in the Form of Pills,

EYEBROWS 11USTACIIIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a
few weeks, and 13ahlness removed and prevented, by the use of
GRIMS T,O N E'S AROMATIC
REGENERATOR,.
If you aro in want' sf that beautiful adornment of the human
figure, a natural supply of hunian hair, obtain through the post, or
of • c",ggist, or perfumer, an I is.
nettle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. Tri:s z!tan essential
spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs And flowers (grown at his Her-
b:try, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility sod
gentry, by whom it is highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too
numerous to be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read in his
pamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed.
Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant,
lierbary, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of
Mrs. Weekly's Letter tc) the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th
of August, 1846. ' •
This pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two
portage stamps.
The Aromatic Regenerator can he forwarded through the post on
receiving a post-office order for 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., or 125., 'which in-
cludes the postage with the case.
The lls. size contains four of the 4s.
A few of .its many *it tues, as thousands can prove, are published
In the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle.

Reader, reflect fbr a. few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age,
you will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your 1
walks, others with 'Various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was
the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re-
moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward,
clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? tell you the cause
—the universal use of Grimstone's Eye Snuff ! and because it cured
Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous Headach, and Deaf-
ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi-
cine, arid to be stamPed. Although this advanced its character, 67
cases of cure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of
oppression ; as in 182'5 the Solicitor of Stamps, t4odfrey Sykes, Esq.,
altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of
the Treasury ; the letter, of protection; signed by Berries, Fsq., to
Mr. William GriMStgne, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was
on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis-
ters,Government it is obliged to be stamped.
D EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters,
poor family, But under this order of
felvmCeAedryTiEcal and other testimonials, under the
tlie,Entr, esnhilshieEtopof
Government order, at 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. eaeh. The
Pamphlets sold at ld. each. -If through the post, ls. Bd., 3s. 6d., and
ss. Bd., including postage, &c. The following letter is ono out o the
many thousand proofs.
incGl tsw ie. di it
hint Tn
a°.
Read the following Medical Testimony to the care of live cases
of Gutta Serena, from G. H. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism:—
'0 Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1848.
Garustost.—Sir—l must in justice to you send the fol-
lowing Testinspnial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your
Eye Snuff in oases of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five eases with
the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this ! !
or make what use you please. The cures have wholly astonished
me and thousands of others.—T am, Sir, &c.,
G. 11. BOUTELL, Professor of. Galvanism."
All letters to Mr. William Grimstone, ,Herbary, Highgate, near
London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his
far-famed HERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts.
The following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from
the author of the " Pleasures of Home :"
" Springfield Cottage, Honiton, 'Devon, 15th August, 1848.
" Sir,—I cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating hew highly I
esteem your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for
the choice leaf, hitherto bbtained by me from a friend in Constanti-
nople. lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find
yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price.
" I am your obedient servant,
" STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L.
" To Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate."
This extensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug-
gists, and others, with W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 71,44..
ls. d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d, each, including the Government stamp

CUTIVERWELL'S NEW WORKS,
IVA:ie.:had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho,
147, Fleet-street.; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or direct from the author;
price One Shilling each; by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
" Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."
CONTENTS:-Early. Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
cursions about:the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant, places—Country'
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings atsHome
—Music—The:Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.
FR AOitiENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. 'Pm Vols.
- • lII.—Vol I.
A visrr TO THE LAKE' ; SKETCH or EDIABURGH,
- IV.—Vol.
THE LAKES ,OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &C.

V.
WHAT TO' EAT, DRINIC;•AND
" That three shore years and ten ow course may run,"
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution,' that harasses
the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and ern•
bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu
lations of every-day life.

ITS INFanßdrilabGusEeM. ETNlTlelsualties of
his strength."—Prov.
infancy to old age. The advent
of SUBJECTth passions,
CHASTITY AND VI.
''T
'h--e;
'g
theiri?eY':—Life's
-pilgrimage,otpurposes, youa g
misuse,infr47' i isil
licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
and remedlative. 'Advocacy of early marriages.
, • VII.
, TIIE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
l'itoonsf4mE : —Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
ligion regarding marline, to be observed by either sox. Time and
choice, on both, sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy oflppring, with the art of 'rearing them.
Physicaldefectiveness and its removal. Sterility and Its conversion.
Cases; ece: .
By It. J. .CULVERIVELL, M.D. (1841). M.R.Q.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824). Twenty-five years,Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matters. Reception hoofs daily till five. Evenings, seven till nine.
10, Argyll =place, Rogent-street.
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'DR. Aciiim.—A deputation of friends of Dr.
Achilli, compocel of the Hon. A. Kinnaird, the Rev. R.
W. Dibdin, the Rev. George Scott, and L. H. J.
Tonna, Eeq., had en interview with Lord Palmerston,
at the 'Foreign-office, on Tuesday, when they placed
in his Lordship's baud the copy of the-memorial which
they have just addressed to the French Government.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Dropsy cured by Holloway's
o the Dublin papers the
f without obtaining any
Pills.—Extract of a letter from Air. Patrick O'Regan, dated
Drundeer,Dec. 26, 1849. ~To Professor Holloway. Sir,—
For fifteen years I suffered severely from dropsy, and frequently
so bad that I could not move, and for weeks together I was
unable to =lie down. I have been tapped fire times, and under
twhoent
wonderful
permanenteero.
ft
uml e
care
ute
rl oei
lief
f o.various
iur.
. Seeingß medical men,nnincsaoole,of Wootton, I determined
in giving your Pills a trial, and it is with gratitude that I in-
form you that your admirable medicine has completely cured
me gib.— Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's
Establishment, 244, Strand, London.

THE ARCTIC RESEARCHES.

(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
Her Majesty's Discovery ship Plover, Choris-
Peninsula, Kotz-buc-sound, Sept. 25, 1849.
(Received January 21, 1850.)
Sir,—Having had no opportunity of communicating
with Great Britain since my last report to my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated August, 1848,
at Woahu (Sandwich ',lands), I hare the honour t ac-
spaint you, fir their Lordships' information, with the
general proceedings of her Majesty's ship under my
command up to this period.
After filling up water and laying in a stock of f:esh
provisions, vegetables, tec., I sailed from Woahu (Aug.
25, 1848) with the N.E trade wind, which I carried
pretty steadily till the 3‘l of September, at which time
I ha 1. reached the parallel of 36 deg. N., and 171 deg.
W. From this date I Continued, to hold a course to the
S.W. (though much impeded by northerly winds), in
order that, in the event (.f meeting westerly winds, as
I bad been led to expect, I might have the passage
through the Alent;an Islands•under my Jew, On the
27th of Sept.3inbr I had the satisfaction of knowing by
the ship's reckoning that I haft passed the latitude o!
Mtn, the westernmost island of this group, though from

the prevailing cloudy and foggy weather no indication
of my approach to land could be observed, beyond a
slight discoloured appearance of the sea, which had
been first noticed on the 20th, on which day I com-
menced to sound, but found no bottom till the sth of
October, in lat. 61 deg. 19 min. N., lon. 174 deg.' 8
min. E.

As I had now obtained soundings, and having observed
for a day or two past a bright yellow blink, extending
from N. to S.E. by E., I kept the deep sea lead con-
stantly going, which gave, on the. Bth (October), I Z.O
ftthems, gradually -4-*,Teasing from that day till the
Island of St. Laurence—Was seev,-on the 13th.

From the 234. of Septuntrer I experienced a succes-
sion of variable and light' winds; with ft.( quent squalls
of moderate force, chiefly from N. W. and N.E., and oc-
casional calms, the weather being shnost Constantly thick
and cloudy, with frequent falls c,train, and subsequently
to the 3d of October, when the temperature .bad fallen
permanently below 40 deg. of Fabienheit, sleet and snow

prevailed.
Ou the 13th the Island of St. Laurence was made out,
already covered with snow, causing its appearance to be
with difficulty reconciled with the delineations on the
Admiralty charts, those a Behring's Straits, together
with the "Sailing Directions" forwarded by Admiral
Lutzke, through Captain Kellett, unfortunately not
having reached rue. In the evening, whilst yet in the
passage, the wind again veered to N.F., and con-
tinued to blow from that quarter, increasing in force
durirg the night, and, notwithstanding the utmost
vigilaece of the officers of the watcher, found on
the 16th .I was thirty miles to the southward of my posi-
tion on the previous day, being several miles tel eevvard
of the South Cape (Asiatic shore) instead of weathering
Cape Chaplin, as I expected. Finding the vessel thus
totally unqualified to contend against A 9 adverse wind
and a strong current setting to the south-west (which
had been felt in some considerable degree there several
da3s past), I felt the necessity of :coking shelter under
the land, whilst still in my power, rather than remain at
yea under such utlivourable circumstances. I accord-
ingly cane to at 7 20 A. as. in a bay on the S.W. coast of
Siberia, Olen to the south and neit, at a distance of four
miles from de land, in readiness to take immediate advan-
tage of any favourable circumstances that might occur. Mr.
Henry Martin, second master, was dispatched to ex-
amine an indentation which I observed, having the ap-
pearance of a river, who, on his return, reported the
existence cf an extensive harbour, with safe anchorage,
protected from the sea by a long low spit. In the ms an-
time a number cf natives came off to the ship, from
whom I understood that I could conveniently procure a
supply of wat-r near the anchorage reported by Mr.
Martin. I stood in on the following day, and anchored
at 9 45 P. x., in twenty fathoms water, the wind being
still fresh at north-east.
Oa the 200, finding the direction and farce of the
wind to continue, the temperatare of the air to fall as
low as 234 deg. Fahrenheit, and the sea water to 284
deg., I deemed it prudent to take the opinions of the
officers as to whether an endeavour to proceed to the
northward should be made (these opinions I have the
honour to enclose), which I begf to state were strictly
in accordance with my own sentiments—viz , that it
would be better to remain in this secure harbour for the
winter than make a useless attempt to proceed north-
ward, with a probability of being unable to regain my
advantageous position (from which I could send out over-
land expeditions), and on account of the advanced
season to lose the chance of wintering even in Petro-
paulski. I therefere determined that, should no
favourable change take place before the 26th, to select a
convenieet spot in which to place the ship for the winter.
On the 23d a still farther reduction of temperature
took place; the upper part of the harbour was reported
fie zing over, and ;sego masses of ice forming during
the night about the ship, in consequence of which, after
a personal examination of an inner harbour possessing
many advantages, I removed thither on the 24th, anchor-
ing three P.M. at sever fathoms.
The harbour to which I had now removed commu-
nicated with the larger one by an opening a mile wide,
awing a basin four miles long, and one and a half in
bre sdth, surrounded on every side by lofty mount rim,
exc .pt to the southward, where it was separated from
the sea by a tract of low land, and an extensive lagoon,
and having deep water at the entrance and middle,
with good anchorage on each side close to the shore.
On the low land, at the south was a native settlement
el seven huts, to which belonged a large,herd of reindeer,
from which I hoped from time to time to obtain supplies
of fresh meat; considering it, however, safer for the
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tepee from a people whose friendly disposition was not
bour on the 25th, and there secured the ship for the
ere 'employed dismantling
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the mastheads, building a house of stones for the con-
venience of working ti e forge, drying clothes, &c., and
housing the ship in, all which was completed by the
Bth of November.
During this time ice was continually forming around,
and frequently broken up by squalls and strong north-
east winds, so that the ship was not finally frozen in
until the 18th, when the natives were first enabled to
visit us alongside the ship in their sledges, drawn
by dogs.
It will now be necessary for me to infirm their Lord-
ships of the friendly intercourse I had succeeded in es-
tablishing with the different tribes of natives near my
winter quettars. They at first appeared to hesitate
about coming on board, but on making a few presents,
and allowing some traffic to be carried on with them,
they gained confidence, at least so far as to enter the
ship readily when invited to do so, being carefut on all
occasions to guard against treachery on their part, on ac-
count of the warlike and re'entless character attached to
the people of these coasts by some authors.
During the months cf November and December the
ship was daily visited, not only by those in the vicinity,
but also by others from a distance along the coast and
inland, by my intercourse with whom I was enabled to
satisfy myself that they were not only peaceful, but dis-
posed to be 'actively friendly toward myself and the
officers and men under my command. The first difficulty
was to gain some knowledge of the language, to which
all the officers' applied themselves with surprising suc-
cess, so much so that in the early part of the year I was
enabled to send them in different directions with the
confident expectation that they would be able to make
successful inquiries as to whether any veiee's answering
to the description of her Majesty's ships Erebus and
Terror had visited any part of the coast, or been seen
during the past year by any of the natives.
On these expeditions every officer in the ship (except
Mr. Francis Lee, acting second rest-ter, ice) took his
turn, displaying throughout a persevering energy in en-
during fatigue and hardship, as well as firmness and dis-
cretion in their intercourse with the natives, which I
cannot sufficiently commend;. which conduct I sincerely
trust will meet their Lordships' approbation and tend to
their future advancement.
Of those hardships I can confidently speak from my
own experience in travelling on several occasions on a
sledge in heavy snow drifts, with the thermometer at 30 ,
deg. below zero.
The following account of a party which left the ship
in February will be read with interest, I think:—
Having understood from the natives that there was to
be seen the remains of a vessel near East Cape, but the
time of the ship's wreck I could not make out, to gain
Wminas.telr;i
mlloereepecrep rateatiiini
acting
information.
Ho fenwrhyichih a Ir
tisne,nnteeMenr.d
and Mr. William H. Moore, master's assistant, with two
naive guides who were familiar with that part of the
coast, and upon whom I. could confidently depend,
giving them directions to proceed as far as they found
the natives friendly, and if practicable to cross the straits
and visit Kotzebue Sound, but on no account rashly to
trust themselves among tribes with whom their guides
were not familiar, or were in every way doubtful of. On
the second day of their journey, when about fifty miles
from the ship, they wero overtaken by a violent snow
st irna, by which their progress was much impeded, and,
from the thickness of the weather, all idea of the direction
in which they had travelled became lost, and at nightfall
the guides confessed they knew not where they were,
and that they must wait for clear weather, which
might be expected with the moonlight. On the second
day the guides were in some degree re-assured, and
again proceeded, but at night found themselves as igno-
rant of their position as ever, and a third day was passed
in the same manner. On the fourth day Mr. Martin,
from the fact cf their having been for the greater part of
the time on the sea ice, having once only been on the
land, which they imperceptibly lost, judged that their
wandering had been made in a circle of moderate ex-
tent proposed, from his knowledge of the coast in a pre-
vious tourney, to attempt reaching the place they had
last left by the aid of his pocket compass, to which Mr.
Hooper readily agreed, and in the evening, when then
d
weather cleared a little, they had the happiness to fi
that a merciful Providence had brought them out of
tbe:r difficulties when to every appearance they were cut
off from all hope. The slight view of the land they
obtained recovered their exhausted frames and stimu-

lated them to fresh exertions, by which they gainei
Ueg-wy-sack (Cape Chaplin on the charts) before dark-
ness set in.
It would bo impossible for me to describe their suffer-
ings from cold, fatigue, and want of fire, with the snow
and drift finding its way beneath the folds of their gar-
ments, and there gradually thawing, penetrated their
under clothes. Under these trying circumstances, to
add to their misfortune, Mr. Moore, on the second night
of their exposure, was seized with a violent bowel com-
plaint, which continued until the day they reached the
village, at which ho arrived literally more ch ad than
alive. He had complained also of cold feet, which were
now found not frozen, but completely chilled as high as
the knees, which in the course of the night, by the kind
attentions of the natives, were restored to their natural
temperature, but many weeks elapsed More sensation
and the power of voluntary motion were 're-established
in the right foot and ankle. I received a letter from Mr.
Hooper by the hands of a trusty native, giving a detail
of their progress, and expressing a strong desire to be per-
mitted to proceed, h eying Mr. Moore to return to the ship
as soon as his strength would permit, which I granted,
sending a further supply cf provisions, and providing for
Mr. Moore's immediate return to the ship. Messrs.
Hooper and Martin continued thein journey as far as to
get a viewo f Esst Cape, beyond which they could not
ge', as that ribes to which their guides belonged were at
feud with these further to the northward. I had the
pleasure of receiving them on board in goad health, after
en absence of six weeks, and by their account found that
so far as they wont the natives were friendly and oblig-
ing, from whom they gained the information that some
considerable time ago a vessel with one mast had been
seen on the coast, which was understood to have been
wrecked on the American side, where her ster❑ frame is
still to be seen on the Leach.
se' Whilst these journeys were being reformed the ob-
servations neehoateteuid the duties of the ship were con-
ducted by Lieutenant William A. R. Lee and the other
officers, under my own direct superintendence; and at
ittn-vala Mr. Martin, assisted by Mr. Hooper, made a
survey of the place in which I had teeured the ship for
the winter, which, connected with Mr. Martin's and my
own observation's on. the coast to, the westward, will, I
hone, gives a tolerably correct representation of these
bores, and. when associated with magnetic observations
on every attainable point, will, I trust, meet their Lord-
ships' approbation,
Among the internal arrangements of the ship, those
for the instruction and recreation of the crew, according
to the example set by Captain Sir William Parry, were
not omitted, and I gladly availed myself of the proffered
services of Mr. J. Simpson, essistaut-surgeon, and Mr.
John J. Lindsay, clerk in charge, in conducting a school
for reading and writing, and getting up plays and mas-
querades fur their amusement and pal-,time in the long
dreary nights of winter.
Soon aftsr my arrival in Emma's Harbour (the name
which I have given to the place in which I winteted)
was fortunate enough to procure a supply of reindeer'a
flesh from the natives, and saw large herds of these ani-
mals near the village, where I hoped to procure further
supplies, and in this I was act ultimately disappointed,
though the unwillingness of these people to barter large
quantities at a time, and the distance to which they
were obliged to drive the flocks in search of pasturage
whilst the land appeared entirely covered with snow,
considerably reduced the quantities that might have been
under other circumstances obtained. Towards the month
of March, I therefore readily acceded to the wish of a
chie, who had come from a great distance with the cat-
cases of twelve reindeer, in return for a ship's musket,
which I did not doubt their Lordships would approve of,
considering the advantage arising to the ship's company
by a change of diet.

In the beginning of April, finding that the sea edge of
the ico began to break away, I set about fitting the ship
for sea, which was completed in the fine weather of that
month, and on the 221 of May, when the floes bad been
broken as far as the fetch of the sea would reach, I
deemed it necessary to commence cutting the ship out of
the remaining portion, which appeared fixed by two op
polite points of land a mile and a quarter astern of the
ship. The ice was found from five to six feet thick, and
cutting out seemed a formidable operation for so small a
crew, but the officers and men set to work with such
alacrity, and carried on with such perseverance, that
notwithstanding it.t:rruptions occasioned by snow-
rt Tins, the work of cutting a canal of 2,000 yards in
length, was completed in 22 days, and on the 13th of
June I bad the pleasure of seeing the Plover released
from her icy cradle, and at anchor in the clear water of
the harbour.

The ship being thus free, and thoroughly refitt'd, as
far as my means would permit, and filled up with
water of excellent quality, my departure was delayed
by brfiling winds and calms, but on the 15th gained
the outer anchorage by towing, and taking ad-
vantage of the ebb tides. here again I was
mortified to find the prevailing winds westerly and
S.W., and driving a heavy and close pack of ice iu on the
coast and outlet of the anchorage, which was rendered
the more annoying by receiving frequent reports from
the Datives of two ships being off Cape Chaplin, on board
which they had not been allowed. Although I considered
it too early in the season to expect her Majesty's ship
Herald, I folt Vie necessity of a.!suring myself as to what
nation they might }Along, and for this purpose, as soon
as I discovered there was room for a boat to wake her
way between the coast and the pack, I sent Mr. Henry
Martin, second master, in the gig, to gain information
regarding them, by whose account I ascertained that one
ship, which he boarded at anchor, about 20 miles to the
northward of us. was the Tiger American whaler, Brew-
ster master, from China.. Mr. Martin also reported that
the vessel had been detained by streams of ice in the
straits northwaods, but so far as he could observe the sea
was clear between the Island of St. Laurence and the
main; that the other vessel seen was the Tiger's con-
sort, also a whaler, and that a heavy pack was set close
in shore, to the distance of 10 or 12 miles east of my pre-
. .

sent anchorage, between which and the beach he fre.
quently found insufficient room for the boat's oars to pul
in clear wator.

After several attempts to get the ship to sea, and hay
ing personally examined the extent of the pack from the
top of a neighouring promontory, I was at length suc-
cessful, with a breeze at N.E., which drove the ice to
the distance of a mile off shore, in rounding the S.E.
cape, and anchored alongside the Tiger, on the south
side of Cape Chaplin, on the Ist of July. To guard
against delay in meeting the Herald I took the precau-
tion to purchase from the master of the Tiger some
bread and a small quantity of salt meat, which were of
superior quality and almost European prices.
The wind continued at N.E., varying from a light to
a reef-topsail breeze, but by working in shore on the
west side, and anchoring occasionally, I was enabled to
get as far as the Bay of St. Laurence, but found the
vessel totally incapable of weathering East Cape whilst
the wind continued adverse. At this place I was de-
tained several days, but hal the good fortune to obtain
a supply of reindeer's flesh, and on the l lth of June I
sailed, favourable by W.S.W. breeze, which carried me
to Chamisso Island, Kotzebue Sound, where I anchored
on the 13th. Here I first got intelligence of the Herald
having visited the straits (September, 1848), and imme-
dietely set about preparing the boats to start the first
favourable opportunity.
On the following morning I dispatched two boats
(pinnace and gig), Lieutenant William A. R. Lee in the
one, and Mr. William H. Hooper, acting mate, in the
other, victualled for 70 days, with inetructioas to Lieut.
Les to make the best of his way to the Mackenzie
River; but they had not got out of signal distance when
her Majesty's ship Herald hove in sight, and they were
recalled. On the 15th Lieutenant Pullen joined, and
Lieutenant Lee was discharged for passage to join the
Asia. After receiving as much provisions as I could
conveniently stow, it was determined by Captain Kellett
and myself to proceed to Wainwright Inlet, from whence
the boats should' be again dispatched, examining
.the
coast as the ships passed up, for the purpose of finding
some secure winter quarter tor the Plover, which
was accordingly done, and on the 17th left Kot-
zebue Sound, and on the afternoon of the same day
were joined by Robert Shedden, Esq., in his schooner
yacht, the Nancy Dawson. Not finding any spot in
which to place this ship to the southward, we ar-
rived off Wainright Isilet on the 25th, and after exa-
mining it, and being satisfied she could not be got in,
the decked boats of the ships, with two whalers, were
sent away under the command of Lieutenant Pullen, ac-
companied by Mr. William 11. Hooper, acting mate, and
Mr. Henry Martin, second master. (A copy of my in-
structions to Lieutenant Pullen I have the honour to
enclose.) The two ships, with the Nancy Dawson,
weighed, and proceeded in company with the boats; and
it was my intention to have gone as far as Point Barrow
lied not the wind hauled round N.E., when we lost sight
of the boats (26th). We then stood on to the north-
ward and westward till the following day, when we fell
in with the pack, and on the 27th observed an appear-
erica of land, extending from N.W. by N. to N., and the
drift ice to be covered iu many parts with mud and shells.
Having now reached the latitude of 72 dog. 51 min. N.,
and 164 deg. 28 min. 30 sec. W., with the pack stretching
f,orn N.W. to N.N.E., without an opening to the north-
ward, and feeling satisfied we could not penetrate further
north to join the boats without hampering both vessels,
we determined to return to Wainwright Inlet, re-examine
it, and try, if possible, to place the Plover there for the
winter, winter, off which place we arrived on the 31st. .111/..
they
the morning of the Ist ( f August I again v(151
should
have inlet, and, much to my disappointment, ?
have to lighten the Plover t)o nine! ;
forte-
nate the attempt was not made, for sn
ships were obliged to weigh asset stel'
coining up strong from tne
from that quarter for several
refd
evening
wn.ansgstand off the land, the wind
IN' and continued to blow
da.' during which time I
y from the fact that the
• experieuced the utmost
ship would do nothinog's.l anxiety,The rreut setting to the N.E.
and the wind Yard from the S.W.. for some considerable
time I saw no hope for her but the beach. I beg to call
heir Lordships' particular attention to my position, as
noted on the track chert for the time referred to. On
the I tth I arrived off Cape Lisburne, vhere it vas ap-
pointed
the two ships should meet ; but not finding her
here, proceeded on my way to Chalnisao Island, as I did
not feel myself justified in keeping :,this vessel on the
coast during the prevalence of the heavy S.W. winds.
On the following day, August 12, the-wind increased to
a gale from the westward, and it was only by carrying a
press of canvass that I was enabled to weather Point
Hope, and then with. the loss of my port bower anchor
and a length of chain, which I was obliged to slip ; the

littopper and gear, although new, being carried away by
a heavy sea, which struck her on the bow.
On the afternoon of the 16th I arrived of Chamiaso
Island, and I immediately commenced to search for a
nook in which to put the ship, but regret to say I found
none which I considered safe for the winter, but deter-
mined to plane her under the south side of Choris Pollin-
ates, as being the only spot, in my opinion, where she
could lay, which was accordingly done.
I now took advantage of the opportunity to send a
party to Eschollz' Bay, and succeeded in getting some
fossil teeth, horns, &c., but not as many or ao large as I
should have likedto have presented their Lordships. If
no opportunity offers to enable me to send them, it. is
my intention to keep them on board till my arrival in
England. I also took up the flour *and beads buried by
Captain Beechy; the flour is in an excellent state o
preservation—so much so as to be eatable. I beg to for•
ward a small keg fur their Lordships' inspection. The
thermometer
_buried on Puffin Island we were, unfortu-
nately, unable to find, having no directions as to the spot
where it lies.

I also formed a party and went up the Buckland
River to the distanceOf about 70 miles, where e e were
unf irtunately stopped by a strong rapid of about
quarter of a mile lung. From the short time I was able
to spare on my visit I could do no more than establish a
most friendly feeling amongst the natives—so much so
that some of them have brought their families down V.)
Kotzebue Sound to be near us during the winter.

On the 28th of August the schooner yacht Nan?yr
Dawson, with her owner, Robert Shedden, Esq , arrived
with Mr. Martin, second waster, with ono of the
decked beats. Here I beg to say that 'cannot sufficiently
thank Mr. Shedden for his kindness and attention on all
occasions to the boats of the expedition. Mr. Martin
reports having left Lie,ilenant Pullen and Mr. Hooper,
with the two whalers, about 50 milea to the eastward of
Point Barrow, and tiat they had every prospect and
hoped to be et the Mackenzie in a few days. I am,
therefore, daily end anxiously awaiting their return.
Mr. Martin also reports that the water is execelingly
shallow off and about Elson Bsy, and that, although
the summer has been a most favourable one in every rc-
ape& for a vessel coming through, yet the depth of
water necessary is wanting. This, together with- the
N.E. curl cut, awl the prevalence of S.W. winds, I' eri -
dais the N.W. passage, in my opinion, decidedly unat-
tainable.

Although every opportunity has beau aken advantage
of to pin itfortestion from the nat.vcs as to Eir Jchn
Frankhn end his party, I regret t 3 any that our labours
have bet-n, es yet, unsuceeasl; but I trust long ere this
reaches England both he and Lis expedition will have
arrived.

I beg to inform their Lordships that, as soon a; tha
ice breaks up to admit cf my proceeding northward, I
shall do so, making my way back in sufficient time t
be at Chamisso when the Herald arrives.

I beg :also to inform their Lordships that I am pro-
vided in every respect with provisions; slops, d•.c for
my v.,hole complement, up to the end cf July, 18.50.
I have now, in conclusion, to express to their Lord-
ships how much I feel satisfied with the conduct and
unwearied exertion of t`.e officers and men under try
command; and I most earnestly beg to call the attention
of their Lordships more particularly to the three fol-
lowing officers—Mr. Henry Martip, second master; Mr.
W. H. Hooper, acting mate; and Mr. John J. Lindsay,
clerk in charge; and trust their Lordships will grant
them the promotion they so much deserve.
I hate the honour to be, Sir,

Your most obedient servant,
THOMAS E. L. MOORE, Commander.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty, &c.
Her Majesty's brig Plover, Choris Peninsula.
Kotzebue Sound, Sept. 27, 1849.

Sir,—The time having arrived for the departure of
her Majesty's ship Herald for the southward I beg leave
to take advat tsge of this opportunity to call to the notice
of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the ser-
vices of the several officers undermentioned, viz., Messrs.
Martin, Hooper, and Lindsay, and at the same time to
convey my opinion of the value I attach to their services
during the last scason.
The advantage derived from the exertions of Messrs.
_ _

Hooper and Martin, in' performing the various overland
expeditions during the inclemency of such a season, I
feel sure their Lordships will appreciate, as well as the
equally praiseworthy exertions of the third officer named
above (Mr. John J. Lindsay, clerk in charge), in ac-
quiring a knowledge of the language as fir as was prac-
ticable, which gri atly facilitatel the communication of
our different expeditions with the natives of the country,
and by which means much useful information was ob-
tained.
For the reasons I have above stated I feel confident
in placing these officers' conduct before you for their
Lordships information, that they. may receive the ad-
vancement to which lam sure their Lordships will admit
they are entitled.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. E. L. MooRE, Commander.
Captain Henry Kellett, C. 8., her Majesty's
ship Herald.

The first of the letters is dated July 17, 1849, and is
addressed by Commander Moore, of her Majesty's ship
Plover, then lying off Chamisso Island, to Captain Kel-
lett, of the Herald, lying off Cape Kmsentem. It con-
tains the following proposals:—That on arriving off Cape
Lisburn the decked boats of the Herald and Plover, with
a whale boat, be hoiA,ld out, commanded by Lieutenant
Pullen and Mr. Martin, with a party of seven men in
each boat, including the ice master, victualled for thirty
day s, and should explore the coast communicating with
the ships in the offing, when a sufficiently large inlet
should be formedlor the ship to anchor in. On arriving
off Wainwright Inlet, should none be fmnd southward,
two be ats to be dispatched with seventy days' provisions,
with orders to proceed as far as prudent. In the event
of Wainwright Inlet proving unavailable, the ships to
remain off the packed ice till Sept. 25, when, if the • boats
have already returned, they should sail to Chamisso
Island, and if not to St. Laurence Bay.
The following is Captain Kellett's reply:—
TO COMMANDER T. E. L. MOORE, HER MAJESTY'S 811111

PLOVER.
Her Majesty's ship Herald, at Sea, off Cape
Krussenstern, July 19, 1849.
Sir,—The following remarks are flunded on their
Lordships' orders to me asjwell a 3 from those to your-
self relative to the last expedition along the coast of
Georgia :
You will perceive by my first orders that their Lcrd-
ships consider light boats, or baidars, as the most eligible
for pros?euting the voyage along the coast; and in my
second, that they desire, in case of not meeting the
Plover, whose boats are fitted for the expedition, that
my launch should be in readiness to accompany the bai-
dars to the eastward toward Point Barrow.

In your orders their Lordships also lay much stress on
the description of boat to be sent,any departure, therefore,
from their views on this head requires to be most maturely
considered. I shall be guided entirely by your matured
opinion on this subject from the experience you have
had in the navigation of icebound coaAQ.
I consider that, before
.any boats finally proceed, it
should be decided, and the party made thoroughly ac-
quainted with the Plover's winter quarters.
In your orders tt eir Lordships imphaticallr state that
if no position is found for the Plover north of Kotzsbue
Sound, she must winter there. Your opinion, however,

it., VW a vessel cannot winter in Kotzebue Sound with-
out the danger of being carried to sea or thrown on the
beach (as the Fury was) by the great drift of the floes
in that sound. This being your opinion of that place
for wintering, I would propose Grantley Barbour as a
more fitting place for rendering assiktince than any port
outside tle Straits on the Asiatic shore.

From Grantley Harbour (if travelling across the laud
be practicable) the distance to Chamisso Island is but
116 miles—by the coast, 120. From your former winter
quarters you were enabled, with the assistance of the na-
tives, to travel to East Cape—a greater distaece than
from Grantley to Chamisse, overland; and should you,
even now that you know of the friendly disposition of
the natives in your last year's quarters, be enabled to
travel across the Straits on the ice, any break up of it
would cut your parties off from the ship. My own
opinion is, that a vessel from Oahu, fortified as you are,
could reach Chamisso Island at an earlier period than a
ye sel wintering where you did last season.
I fully concur with you in the manner of examining
the coast by the boats northerly.
I consider that in consequence of Sir George Simp-
son's letter relative to the resources of the Hudson's
Bay posts on the Mackenzie, the boats should be ordered
to return to the Plover by the 21st of September.
Should it be impossible to get into Wainwright's Inlet,
I see no objection, and think it most advisable that the
Plover should remain as far north as safety from her
being blockadel up for the winter in the ice will per-
mit, returning to meet the Herald before she goes south
by the 25th cf September off Chamisso Island.
I do not see the necessity of the two ships remaining
together after we have solved the question as to winter
quarters for the Plover; the Herald's time may, after
that, be usefully employed in an examination of the ice
line westerly, end also of the shoals marked in Captain
Beechey'a chart.
The method tf examining the coast for a winter har-
bour I should propo'e as follows:—
That the Owen (Herald's decked boat), with a whaler,,
or perhaps a smaller boat, be seat direct to Wainawstrer
on
ns
Inlet, having your ice master and second master
ewe the result of their
examinuarti° le'cked boat, and on-
board, with orders to return to the. shipe
chips, in
asm uynoiu-
propos-, in the oiling. having your
with along
mtohset
scoasterionise leisurely.
As
wet©
As it would be attended
other boat in shore.
et in the ice, I shall trust her safety
this ship to b© beset
from such a disaster to your greater experience in tee-
going
strewed seas.
I have given you my feelings and opinions on this sub-
ject, made freely, and shall expect and receive yours in
A similar way.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
HENRY KELLETT, Captain.
In alt tier dated the same day, in reply to the above,
Commander Moore urges that the boats should on no
account be at any time out of eight of the ships,
both remaining as close to the land and to the
beets as consistent with safety. He further objects
that, by proceeding to Wainwright Inlet dile:.t, a loss
of time might be incurred by the boats missing the
ship on their return, in ease of bad weather, should
they have f mud a convenient harbour to the south-
ward. In the event of finding a fit wintering place
for the Plover, he proposes proceeding with the boats
(two baidars and a whaler) along the coast towards the
Mecicei 4ie; and, should diffienities se -m likely to pre-
vent his return that yerr to the ship, to deposit one boat's
provisions where they would be available in case of his
being obliged to abandon the other boats and join the
ship overland.
Should no refuge be found for the Plover, it is sug-
gested that the two decked boats, two baidars, and
whale-boat, should at once proceed towards the Macken-
zie; and if the ice should prevent the larger boats from
going on, their provisions should be buried, and the small
boats prosecute the voyage, as far as they can with
safety, leaving the former in a convenient place to re-