, 1875-11-02

snl rntrtl or and Ill thla wan i'm Work Of Iii,
I"iar hears az u" n'arhH Of tIoir c4nwa unr.
es"fySnefn' wlno caHk Of RIM. htsn'ln'R. m
iotr'ol mar tho tlonrwny, .aa Rnol ev',t"ncs
Tint Northumberland Iio,lBo wnB not b,nknr
| ihtn W l''in'hn hOltFehrnaherB, They ha1 ever
gHa"cd lrto not,n barrels Of ratt-hnrf mud emn
tlcd tIien! Or their cUtentn. II lnnkc ~ II TIC
tcafH lIhd bnGn ntrllIa,hX thenlaeYrs lIy
| . IfAf'EH HALL WITH EVERYTHING
| tiov eDtld not tehr tu HhrcdK. Fortunately mosi
| VI tho prns,A!0uA and pnrt 0f The cInthnR were
ahfoiy headed M in SOLID fronhnoped barrels
Itln shlt meat and sngar n:,poaretl IN gopsI con
hnrrts.
:, chpt: Young nslo s1,rycY, 70 ns to report to
70 order and 1cft tbs roalS undlnlurhcd and tle
70" At0rea. with tho Intention nf forming q
depot At Peel stralt lu Tho evout Of tLo Pandora
| being abandoned.
good condition aud capable nf going to sea with
eKht repairs. lilo Gfe:boats. although so1no-
whRt damREed. rny emily be matlo eoaworthy.
hut tho littlo Nooten boat mas split and hroks,,
ai 'i'nuuoarod. except tho .hoIoton. Wo visited
tho graveyard containing tho Grnsnn of tifcc of
Fshnkltn's nan and two Of TIM Nnr.h star. We
fund :ho wnoae, l!osdboartis vol preserved aud
and Photographic 0f thla place.
w weiRIlad anchor thu rame evening. and
STORED for Peel Strait with fair Wind
Now cau'o tho anxious ant critical period Of
our on voyaGe, M , rormer E e1rofors nd found rack.
tho ontrahco to leol sttait. into which Tho sup
hhu nossr beon nblo to penetrate far,
Won!a u 10 possible for tia oyon to enter this
Htthte this throat OF tbs Nertl,wnat Passage, Or
would we be obliged to surn back at ita rery
nntrnnce7 1t soon appeared that NO weto to
fotr no exception 10 ntIIe1a for on the morning
OF ZIG 2ftl' tue inevitable fog which 80 col-
sthnt'y accompanioB tho Ice arosc, and our
progress WA suddenly stopped by heavy packs
extending AtroAs our course. Wu anchored to
tue leo until tue fog lifted. whom NO were el-
abed to force our way through looao leo until
niglt then NO came to solid pac! extending
from Unpo ltannol to The weetnorthuesk M far
az could ho Kocn from alofs With bright, ley
sky from tho south to the northwest No wore
again forced to anchor to tie ice, taklug sayan-
tago Of the opportunity to I'LL up with fresh water.
l}y 10 o'clock q, tn. the following dav wo dis
covorcd . email lane OF water along tue southern
shore, through which wc forced The ship. md
which apparently lei toward Limestone innn1.
change now occurred In the weather. This
morning It wAs freezing hard, with tcmpor-
nture Of a. deg. Our rigging VAS completely
covered With frozen spray. Now dnsk clouds
aroso In tho SOUTH the batomotcr began to fall,
t.lo wind to rac and blasts from the soutloast
we're continuous.
No At lasi succeeded in forcing our WAY to
Limestone Is1knd, whero NO landed and left .
record. We psBned lnsdo Of Limestone toward
evening, anu were again enve1oped In thick
1t was dark By O'Clock. aud We hai high
rocky coaat on our po,t oesm, = solid pack on tho
Btarboa1d, wind on sllore, aid fog darkness
aud rain torrentA which prevented tho coast from
being seen moro than cabloa lcngth. The sta1s
werc invisible, and, to crown all, therc WAS no
compass. for our compassca wore utterly uBeleBs
md wc had to erope along In Tho gloom like
blind man, steering by tue wind, which might
change 1t any moment and put us on shore. Wo
nevertholoRs rot through tho night without accl-
dent. but it wsH O'Clock bofora Wo could aca no
woro oil Caps Grauite and Htoorug a fair course
along tho land Early in thu forenoon We passed.
THE FAnr1tEsr POINT nEACf1Ep
by tho Fox when stopped by tho paok before ra-
turning to Rcgeut tnlot, aud hero there was mt
particle Of ico to bo BooIl to tho south iii tho
direction NO wore going. Wo woro now nnvfgat- !!
ing watora wlefo no ship had over bcsn ablo to
Erobus aud tic Terror may havo gono down hero |
OF their last voyage. All on board mero now in !
. fovcr OF expectation. We ,Ecro now within $50 |
miles Of King Williams Land, near wI,aro TIM |
winters In the pack. aud II we found no fco 10 |
Pool so1nd NO woro suro Of reaching the point
md picking up more relics Of tho lost a1peui-
lion, n,--porhsps evan soule OF Sir John Franklin's
Besidos, II We roAched thoro, wo fell hopeful OF
making tho Northwest Passage, the uroam OF
for centuries.
The wind now came around to tho aouthwost
nut as !ot We had no sun to guide uB or enable
IL to take angtos or directions: 30 wo followed
'lose along tho Somerset coast llne
Wo eeomed to be penetrating into q,tite eposh-
IT climate, for We we're III jceless Hea and tho
old stiug had loft tho air. Tue land vas qutea
ARC Of BLOW. axcept where we Hot q glimpse ot
10 highlands Of tue interior, oil which might DO
perceived patches OF Buow.
In tho afternoon, we passed runkery uf gulls
eouro N their fonely isolation tue fAco or the
ookB at place whoro tia vegetation formed au
Zteusiyo green patch down to higli-watcf mark.
Wo keep good lookout On tia shore with
owerful astronomical telescope, and cairus arc
onasantly reported. but they provs upon In
nts coast, md especially tho ridges, are Htrown
t q In tho oYontng wo roaclied Loss Cat1n, GU
10 coaEt OF Somerset. loft bY hin and McCiu-
'ck ~ 1919. when they caino around tho coast |
'om Port Leopold On foot in seascli Of Hlr
0hn Franklin.
After divine service, Capt. Young landed,
'und tho rocorl loft BY Toss. took 1t, lett copy
I'd another record OF Its own.
Agatn. In the night We wore enve1oped by fog
I'd obliged to heas0 to and wait until mofnius
ought = clear atmosphere.
OHce moro tho auu CAME out clear aud bright |
VIC again flow down tho Sound, rapidly di.nn- !
hing The distance to Bclot's Btraits,
Il WAS ono Of the lovelIost days aver SAW,
I'd rather like what one would expect on some
uny Aoutlof1 Sea than this grim. unknown |
'ei strait lta waters were us smooth ~ glass, :,
ID reflected the tays Of tho sun in flash Of y =
NJ ~ aoft and mild ~ May morning. In tho e
Ut tho low ahora on North Somerset = mass =
bowldere aud granite rocks, worn round aud !
tooth, md l!eaped up In wild confusion; to :.
o west tue d'snnt coast Of tho Prince Of Wales' "
ID, high and mountainous, enioldeti in purple .
st, and silont. calm, kod BEAUTIFUL In The G
ldenlliKhs OF an Arctic evouing.
We "eFo now rapidly approaching Bolot's !.
raits and Capt. Young whs betweon coasts Il
IL known to him from having explored them =
foot and laid thon down On charts whom out Y
tic Fox. At leugtll. low down On tho lor. Q
IN, wo sighted ltoquatte Ialand, 10 miles north g
l3ellot's 1traits aud right before us, surely, p p
thnk no will roach thn Btrais poor IolIos dia- =
ferod. Though wo pet no further, some ct p
calculate that VIC viii be there by i, md at1. p
atad ato tho discussions and excited our ek- ~ ~
'tattous - wo g.zo eagaEly south. Tho skip y y
: ia rese1yol aud tacitus1,. however and dooa =
hazard an opinion, for tl1cro Is uhltlvh y
20 on the horizon above aud beyond tho q,
4uotte Ialaud, nhtoh to him has IN omiuous y y
( Il ol
TIN DREADED ICE uLiSK, H.
"a We adyauce 1t grows broader aud higher, A. A.
il y last wh!tc masses OF leo begln to rise H.
70 ,Qlo horlxon. ~
t 1 o'clook on tho evening Of tho soth Of ~; y;
t.f a r |