FATE OF THE FRANKLIN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1396, 10 January 1860, Page 5

FATE OF THE FRANKLIN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The screw-stealnship Fox, Captain M'CHntock, 8.N., which had been sent to the Artie Regious, at the expense of Lady Franklin, to discover traces of the missing Expedition, arrived olFthe Isle of Wight on Wednesday, and her commander immediately proceeded to the Admiralty with the dispatches. The following is his letter to the Secretary of the Admiralty, enclosing the documents : — " Sir, — I beg you will inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of the safe return to this country of Lady Franklin's fiual searching expedition which I had the honour to conduct. Their lordships will rejoice to learn that our endeavours to ascertain the late of the Frauklin expedition have met with complete success at Point Victory upon* the northwest coast of King William's Islands. A record has been found dated the 25th April, 1848, signed by Captains Crozier and. Fitzjames.' By it we are informed that H.M. ships Erebus and Terror were abandoned on he 22nd April, 1848, on the ice, five leagues to the N.N.W., and that the survivors, in all amounting to 105 souls, under the command of Captain Crozier, were proceeding to the Fish River.

" Sir John Franklin had died on tbe 11th June, 1847. Many deeply interesting relics of our lost countrymen have been picked up on the western shore of fciug William Islands, and others obtained from the Esquimaux, by whom we were informed that subsequent to their abandonment one ship was crushed and sunk by the ice, and the other forced on shore, affording them an almost inexhaustible wealth.

" Being unable to penetrate beyond Bellolt Strait, the Fox wintered at Brentford's Bay, nnd the • search included the estuary .of the Great Fish Itiver and the.; dfccpyeiy of 830 miles of coast line, by which.' we' have united the exploration of the former search expedition to' the north west of our position, with those of Sir James Ross, Dease, Simpson, arid Rae. The search has been -performed by Sledge journeys this spring, conducted by Lieut. Hobson, It. N.; C p'-.- Allan Young, ami myself. " J. L. M'Clintook, 11. N..

***** Enclosed arc copies of original papers found on Prince of Wales Island ; '—of May, 1847.

* Her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror wintered in the ice in lat. 70 deg. 5 mm., lon. 98 deg. 23 mm. W. ! * Having wintered in 1846-7 at Beechey Island, in lat. 74 deg. 43 mm. 28 see. N., lon. 91 deg. 39 mm. 15 sec. W., after ascending Wellington Channel to lat. 77 deg. and returning by j the west side of Cornwallis Island. Sib John Fiunklik. Commanding tbe Expedition. ' All well. ' Whoever finds this paper is requested to forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, with a note of the time and place at which it was found or, if more convenient, to deliver it for that purpose to the British Consul at the nearest port. * The same in French. ' The same in Spanish. * * The same in Dutch. 1 The same in Danish. 1 The same in German. * Left the shif s Monday the 24th of May, 1847, the party consisting of two officers and six men. ' O. M. Gorb, Lieutenant. * Chas F. Dje3 V<eux, Mate. The words ' wintered in 1846-47 at Beechey Island, should be 'in 1845-46/ as in 1846-47 they were beset in the ice, and ships abandoned in April, 1848. The same mistake occurs in both papers. From Captain M'CHntock's diary, continued from May, 1858, (previous advices to the 25th April, 1858, informed us that the Fox effected her escape out of the main pack in Davis' s Strait in lat. 63} deg. N., on 25th April, 1858, after a winter's ice drift of 1,194 geographical miles, and that the small settlement of Holsteinborg was reached on the 28th and such very scanty supplies obtained as the place af* forded,) we learn that the Fox resumed her voyage on the Bth May, visited Godhaven, Upernwick, Melville Bay, and rounded Cape York on the 26th. Here some natives were communicated with. They immediately recognised Mr. Petersen, our interpreter, formerly known to them in tbe Grinnell Expedition, under Dr. Kane. On the 12ih of July the natives of Cape Wairender were communicated with, near Cape Horsburgh ; they had not seen any ships since the risk of the Phoenix iv 1854 nor had any wrecks ever drifted upon their shores. Solely owiug to steam power, Pond's Inlet was reached, after a hard struggle oa the 27th of July: " Here only one old woman and a boy were found, but they served to pilot us up the inlet for twenty-fire miles, when we arrived at their village. For about a week we were in constant and most interesting communication with these [ friendly people. Briefly, the information oh* : tamed from them was, that nothing whatever respecting the Franklin Expedition had come to their knowledge, nor had any wrecks witb'n the last twenty or thirty years reached their I shores. The remains of three wrecked ships are known to them ; two of these appear to have I been the whalers Dexterity and Aurora, wrecked in August 1821, seventy or eighty miles southward of Pond's Inlet. The third' vessel, now almost buried iv the sand, lies a few miles east of Cape Hay." These people remember Parry's visit to Igloolik in 1822 3, and Dr. Ike's visit to Repulse Bay. No ruiiis cf the lost Expedition had reached them. The nati.-es beie were very communicative about the country. Beechey Island was reached on the 11 th August, and a handsome marble tablet was erected, sent on board for this purpose by Lady Frankliu, bearing an appropriate inscription to the memory of our lost countrymen iv the Erebus and Terror. The provisions and stores seemed in perfect older, but a small boat was much damaged from having been turned over and rolled along the beach by a storm. Here some stores were embarked, and ou the 17th the Fox sailed down Peel Strait for twenty-five miles, but, owing to the ice, which was unbroken, had to malce°fnr Bellot Strait. On the 19(b the supplies at Port Leopold were examined, and a whaleboat left there in case of retreat The steam launch had been damaged by ice. Prince Regent's lulet was unusually free from ice, but very little was seen during the run down to Brentford Buy which was reached on tlie 20ih August. Bellot Stiait, which communicates with the western sea, jiveiages one mile in width by seventeen or eighteen miles in length. At this time it was filled with drift ice, but as the season advanced became perfectly clear ; its shores are in many places faced with lofty granite elifls, and some of tbe adjacent bills rise to 1,000 feet ; the tides are very strong, running six or seven knots at lhe"3prings. Oa the 6th Sept, the Fox passed through Bellot Strait, without obstruction, and was secured to fixed ice across its western outlet. From here, until the 27t!« when the Expedition returned into winter quarters, they constantly watcliec^the movements of the ice in the western sea or channel. Iv mid-channel it was broken up'and drifting about; gradually tbe proportion of water increased, until at length the ice which intervened was reduced to three or four miles in width. But this was (irmly held fast by numerous islets, and withstood the violence of the autumn gales. It was tantalising beyond description thus to watch from d.iy to day the free water which they could not reach and which washed the rocky shore a few miles to the southward oi them. During the autumn attempts were made to carry out depots of provisions towards the magnetic pole, but these almost entirely failed owing to the disruption oi the ice to the sonthward. Lieutenant Hobson returned with his sledge parties in November, after much, suffering from severe weather, and imminent peril on one occasion, when the ice upon which they were encamped became detached from the shore, and drifted off to leeward with them. Their wintering position was at the east entiance to Bellot Strait in a snug harbour, which was named Port Kennedy. Although vegetation was tolerably abundant, and their two Esquimaux hunters, Mr. Peterson, ■ and several sportsmen constantly on the alert yet the resources of the country during eleven months ami a half only yielded' eight reindeer, two bears, eighteen seals, and a few watei ? fowl and ptarmigan. The winter was unusually cold and stormy. Arrangements were ; completed during the winter for carrying i out our intended plan of search ; the captair • felt it to bo bis duty personally to visit Marsha ; Island, and in so doing proposed to complete ■ the circuit of King William Island. " To Lieut. Hobson I allotted the search o t the . western shore of Boothia to th( , magnetic pole, and from Gatesbead Is ! land westward, to Wynniatt's furthest. Captaii > Allen Youug, our sailing master was to traci [ the shoie of Prince of Wales Land, from Lieu i tenant Browne's furthest ; and also to examim f tbe coast from Bellot Strait northward, to Si i James Ross's furthest. Early spring joumeyi i were commenced" oh the ; 17th February, 1659 ' by Caj.tain Young and myself, Captain Younj carrying his depot across to Prince of Wale Land, whilst I went southwards, towards tin ' magnetic pole, in tbe hope of coimnuuioatuij . wilh the Esquimaux, and obtaining 6uch inf'or mat Jon as might lead us at once to the objec

of our search. I was accompanied by Mr. 1 Peterson, our interpreter, and Alexander Thomson, quartermaster. We had with us two sledges drawn by dogs. On 28th February, when near Cape Victoria, we had the good fortune to meet a small party of natives, and were subsequently visited by about forty-five individuals."

For four days the Espedition remained in { communication with them, obtaining many relics, and the information that several years ago a ship was crushed by the ice off the north shore, off King William Island, but that all her people landed safely, and went away to the Great Fish Biver, where they died. This tribe was well supplied with wood, obtained, they ; said, from a boat left by the white men on the Great Biver. The Fox was reached after twenty- five days' absence, the party being in good health, but somewhat reduced by sharp marching and the unusually severe weather to which they had been exposed. For several days after starting the mercury continued frozen. On.2nd of April the long projected spring journers were commenced ; Lieutenant Hobson accompanied the captain as far as Cape Victoria ; each had a sledge drawn by four men* and an auxiliaiy sledge drawn by six dogs. This is all the force they could muster. Before separating they saw two Esquimaux families living out upon the ice in snow huts ; from them they learned that a second ship bad been seen off King William Island, and that she drifted on shore on the fall of the same year. From this ship they had obtained a vast deal of wood and iron. The Captain now gave Lieutenant Hobson directions to search for the wreck, and follow up any traces he might find upon King William Island. " Accompanied by my own party and Mr. Peterson, I inarched along the east shore of King William Island, occasionally passing deserted snow huts but without meeting natives till the Bth of May, when off Cape Norton, we arrived at a snow village containing about thirty inhabitants. They gathered about us without the slighest fear or shyness, although none had ever seen white people before. They were most willing to communicate all their knowledge, and baiter alt their goods, but wquld have stolen everything had they not been very closely watched. Many more relics of our countrymen were obtained — we could not carry away all we might have purchased. They pointed to the inlet we had crossed the day before; and told us that one day's march up it, and from thence four days overland brought them to the wr«ck. None of these people had been there since 1857-8, at which time they said but little remained, their countrymen having carried away almost everything. Most of our information was received from an intelli pent old woman. She said it was in tbe fall of the year that the ship was forced ashore. Many of the white meu dropped by the way, as they went towards the Great River ; but this was only known to them on the winter following, when their bodies were discovered. They all assured us that we would find natives upon the south shore, at the Great River, and some few at tse wreck ; but unfortunately, this was not the case. Only one family was met with off Point Booth, and none at Montreal Island, or any place subsequently visited. Point Ogle, Montreal Island, and Barrow Island were searched without finding anything except a few scraps of copper and iron in au Esquimaux hiding place." Reerossing the Strait to King William IsI land, they continued the examination of its southern shore without success until the 24th of May, when about tou miles eastward of Cape Hersehtl, a bleached skeleton was found, around which lay fragments of European clothing.] Judging from the remains of his dress, this un- 1 fortunate young man was a steward or officer's j servant, and bis position exactly verified the Esquimaux's assertion, that they dropped as they went along. On reaching Cape Herschel, next day, they examined Simpson's Cairn, or rather what remained of it, which wasonl^ four feet high, and the central stones had been removed, as if by men seeking something within it.

"My impression at the time, and which I still retain, is that records were deposited there by the retreating crews, and subsequently removed by tbe natives." After parting from Captain M'Clintock, at Cape Victoria, on the 28th April, Lieutenant Hobson made for Cape Felix ; at a short distance westward of it he found a very larffe cairn, and close to it three small tents, with blankets, old cloths, and other relics of a shooting or a magnetic station ; but although the cairn was dug under, and a trench dug all round it at a distance often feet, no record was discovered. A piece of blank paper folded up, was found in the cairn, and two broken bottles which may perhaps have contained records, lay beside it, among some stones which bad fallen from off the top. The most interesting of the articles discovered beie, including a bi at's ensign, wero brought away by Mr. Hobson. About two miles further to the S.W. a small cairn was found, but neither records nor relics obtained. About three miles north of Point Victory a second small cairn was examined, but only a broken pickaxe and empty oiunister found.

On the 6th May, Lieut., Hobson, pitched bis tent beside a large cairn upon point Victory. Lying amongst some loose stones which had fallen from the top of this cairn was found a small tin casp, containing a record, the substance of which is briefly as follows : 11 This cuirn was built by the Franklin Expedition, upon the assumed site of James Ross's pillar, which had not been found. The Erebus and Terror spent their first winter at Beec.hy Island, after having ascended Wellington Channel to lat. 77 deg. N., and returned by the west side of Curnwallis Island. On tbe 12th September, 1846, they were beset in lat. 70.05 N., and lon. 93.23 VV. Sir J. Franklin diel on the 1 lib Juno, 1847. On the 22nd April, 1848, the ships were abandoned five leagues to.tbeNNW of Point Victory, and the survivors, a hundred and five in number, landed here, under the command of Captain Crozier."

This paper was dated 25th April, 1848, and upon the following day they intended to start for the Great Fish River. The total loss by deaths in the expedition up to this date was nine officers and fifteen men. ■ A vast quantity of clothing and stores of all sorts lay strewed about, as if b'erp every artielo was thrown away which could possibly be dispensed with ; pickaxes, shovels, boats, cooking utensils, iron work, rope, blocks-, canvas, a dip circle, a sextant, engraved '• Frederick Hornby," a small medicine chest, oars, &o. ... ; A few miles southward, across Back Bay, 1 -' a" 1 second record was fouud, having been deposited j by Lieutenant Gore and M. des Veslix, iv May, 1847. It a (lorded no additional information. Lieutenant Hobson continued his search until whims a few days' -march of Gape ' Herschel, without finding any t race of' the 'wreck or of natives. Soon after leaving Cape Herschel the traces of natives became less nunievovia and less recent, and after rounding the west point of the island they ceased altogether. This shore is extremely, low, and almost utterly destitute of

vegetation. Numerous banks of shingle and low islets He off it, and beyond these, Victoria Strait, is covered with heavy and impenetrable packed ice. When is lat 69 deg. 09 N., and lon. Stflkdeg. 27 W. they cam« to a large boat, discovered by. Lieutenant Hobson a few days previously; i "It appears that this boat had been intended for the ascent of tbe Fi6h Biver, but was abandoned apparently «p©» a return journey to the ships, the sledge upon which she was mounted being pointed in that direction. She measured 28 feet in length, by pi feet wide, was most carefully fitted, and made as light as possible, but the sledge was made of solid oak, and almost as heavy as the boat. A large quantity of clothing was found within her, also two human skeletons. One of these lay in tba after-part of the boat, under a pile of clothing; the other, which was much more disturbed,probably by animals, was found in the bow. Five pocket watches, a quantity of silver spoons and forks, and a few religious books were als* found but no journals, pocket-books, or even names upon any article of clothing. Two double barrelled guns stood, upright against the boat's side, precisely as they had been placed eleven years before. One barrel in each was loaded and cocked ; there was ammunition in abundance, also 30 or 40 lbs. of chocolate, some tea, and tobacco. Fuel was not wanting ; a drift tree lay within 100 yards of the boat. Many very interesting relics were brought away by Lieutenant Hobson, and some few by myself." On tbe sth June, the Captain reached Point Victory, without having found anything further. The clothing, &c., was again examined for documents, note-books, &c , without success, a record place in the cairn, and another buried ten feet true north of it. Nothing worthy of remark occurred upon his return journey to the ship, which was reached on the 19th of June, : five days after Lieutenant Hobson. The shore of King William Island between its north and weat extremes, Cape 3 Felix and Crazier, had not been visited by Esquimaux since the &ban* donraentof the Erebus and Terror, as the cairns and articles lying strewed about, which are in their eyes of priceless value, remained there un* touched* Ii the wreck still remained risible, it was probable she lay upon some of the ofi.lymg islets to the southward, between Capes Crosier and Herschel. On the 28th June, Captain Young aHd his party returned, having completed their portion of the search, by which the insularity of Prince of Wales Land was determined, and the coast line intervening between the extreme points reached by Lieutenants Osbourne and Browne discovered ; also between Bellot Strait and Sir James Bass's furthest in 1 846, at Four Biver Bay. Fearing that his provisions might not last out the requisite period, Captain Young sent back four of bis men, and for forty days Journeyed ou through fogs and gales, with but one man the and dogs, building a snow hut each night ; but few men could stand so long a continuance of labour and privation, and its effects upon Captain Young was painfully evident. Lieutenant Hobson was unable to stand without assistance upon his return on board ; he was not in good health when he commenced his long journey, and the sadden severe exposure brought on a serious attack of scurvy ; yet he also most ably completed his work. They were now, at length, all ou board again. As there were some slight cases of scurvy, all their treasuied resources of Burton ale, lemon juice, and fresh animal food were put into requisition, so that in a comparatively short time all were restored to sound health.

" During our sojourn in Port Kennedy we were twice called upon to follow a shipmate to the grave. Mr. George Brands, engineer, died of apoplexy, on the 6tb November, 1858; he had been out deer shooting for several hours that day, aud appeared in excellent health. On the 14 th June, 1859, Thos. Blackwell, ship's steward, died of scurvy ; this man bad served in two of the former searching expeditions. The summer proved a warm one; we were able to start upon our homeward voyage on the 9th of August, and the loss of the euginedriver in 1857, and of the engineer in 1858, left us with only two stokers, yet, with their assistance, I was able to control the engines and steam the ship up to Fury Point." For six days they lay there closely beset, when a change of wind removing the ice, the voyage was continued almost without further interruption, to Godhaven,in Disco, where they arrived on the 27th August, and were received with great kindness by Mr. Olick, inspector of North Greenland, and the local authorities. The two Esquimaux dog drivers were now discharged, and on the Ist September the Fox sailed for England. From all that could be gleaned from the record paper, and the evidence afforded by the boat, and various articles of clothing and equipment discovered, it appears that the abandonment of the Erebus and -Terror had been deliberately arranged, and every effort exerted during the third winter to render the travelling equipments complete. It is much to be apprehended that disease had greatly reduced the strength of all on board — far more, perhaps, then they themselves were aware of. The distance by sledge route from the position of the ships -when abandoned to the boat is sixty five geographical miles, and from the ship to Montreal Island 220 miles. The most perfect order seems to have existed throughout. Captain M'CHntock concludes his report as follows ;

" The report would be incomplete did I not mention the obligations I hare been laid under to the companions of my voyage, both officers and men, by their zealous and unrarying support throughout. A feeling of entire devotion to the cause which Lady Fraukliu has so nobly sustained, and a firm determination to effect all that men could do, seems to have supported them through every difficulty. With less of this enthusiastic spirit, and cheerful obedience to every command, our small number — twenty three in all — would not have sufficed for the successful performance of so great a work." Relics brought from the boat found in lat. 69 : dey. 06 43 N., lon. 99 deg. 24 42 W., upon the wes tco ast of King iVilliam Island, May 30; 1859.

Two double barrelled guns — one barrel in each is loaded. Found standing up against the j side in the after part of the boat. In one parcel. — A small Prayer-book, cover of a' small book of "Family Prayers;" "Christian Melodies,*' an inscrption within the cover to "G. G." (Graham Gdrt?) "Vicar of Wakefleld;" a small Bible, interlined in many places, and with numerous references written in the ; a New Testament in the French language. Tiad together. — Two table knives with wkite handle* —one is marked "W. R. ;" a gimblet, an awl, two iron stanchions, nine inches long for supporting a weather cloth which was rouftdth'el boat Tied together.— Twenty-six piebes of silver plate," eleveu spoons, eleven forks, and ! four tea-spoons: thiee pieces of thin elm board (tingles) for repairing the bo»t» and measuring i 11 bv^U inches, ati^-lOtbs ioch thiok. ,Ali wrapped up in a piece of canvass.— Bristles for shoemakers' use, bullets, short clay pipe, roll of waxed twine, a wooden button, small piece of a

port fire, two chaff ci of shot tied pp iWH finger of a kid glove, tied up ia the firagaiJ^H| a seaman's blue serge frock. Carets of a Testament and Prayer Book, part of a cigar case, fragment of a silk handketHHH thread case, piece of scented soap, three charges in kid glove fingers, a belted billeU^HH together in a piece of a silk pocket ban^HH chiefj) two pair of gogles, made of stout 'cfl^9B and wire gause, instead of glass i a saHin^^^H palm, two small brass pocket compau^HH sDooding line, rolled up on a piece of lea^^H a needle and thread case, a bayonnet soatfl^^H altered into a sbeath for a knife, tin water tie for the pocket, two shot pouches.^fuH of *^^H| Id canvass —Three spring books of swoid j^^H a gold lace band, a piece of thin gold t*j^H| cord, a pair of leather gogglts with craiußwS stead of glass; a small green, ceape veil. W^^H ped together in canvas. — Two small pfcckeH^B blank cartridge in green paper, part «f a cnHH stick pipe stem, pipe stem, piece of a port HH a few copper nails, a leather bootlace, a sean^^H elaspknife, two small glass stoppered bcS^H (full) placed in medicine chest, three gl*s*e9HH spectacles, German silrer pencilcftse, P&iHH silver 0? forceps such as a naturalist snigbJHß for holding or seizing smalt insects, &c. ; a sa^Hj pair of scissors rolled up in blank paper, &nH|H which adheres a printed Government pj^^H such as au' officer's warrant or apporatmeo^^H spring hook of a sword belt, a brass charf ej^^J holding two charges of shot. Wrapped toge^Hj I in canvass.- A small bead purse, piece of |HH 1 sealing wax, stopper of a pocket flask, GerHH silver top and ring, brass match box, one °flflH glasses of a telescope, a small tin cylinder |H| bably made to hold lucifer matches, some 04H9 loose grains of shot have been put into i*HH linen bag of percusion caps of three sizes, a lurge and old fashioned kind stamped u Sm|^B patent;" a cap with a flange similar to tbeflgH sent musket caps used by Government, HB ! smaller; and ordinary sporting caps tfj^^B smallest size. Five watches in a paper pal^H A pair of blue glass spectacles, or goggles, {BH steel frame, and wire gauze encircling the glafl|H in a tin case. A pemmican tin', painted colour, tnd marked, ME " (Erebus) in bhflH from its size it must have contained 20 tfo^H| 22H&3. Two yellow glass beads, a glass j^^fl with a symbol of (reemasonry. A 4-inch b^HHj strapped with copper hook and thimble, probflflH for the boat's sheet - " Belies seen in lat. 69 deg. 09 N. long. 99 24 W., not brought away. 30th May,lßs9flH A large boat, measuring 28ft ia e*tr^H| length, 7ft. 3 inches in breadth, 2ft. 4in^^H depth. The markings on her stern were*— X4HH W. Con, N61., APr. 184. It appears that 9l fore part of the stem has been cut away., fIH bably to reduce weight, and part of the let^Bl and figures removed. '„ An oak sledge under HH boat 23ft. 4in. long and 2ft. wide ; six paddHH about sixty fathoms of deepsea lead line, arflHH nition, four cakes of n&vychoc»late,shoemaka^H box with implements complete, small quanti^H of tobacco, a small pair of very stout shootHH boots, a pair of very heavy iron-shod k^H boots, carpet boots, sea boots and shoes-*~inHH seven or eight pairs— -two rolls of sheet leflH elm tingles for repairing the boat, nails of H nous sizes for boat, and sledge irons, th]H| small axes, a broken saw, leather cover °J^H sextant case, a chain-cable punch, silk h&s^H kerchief, (black, white, and coloured,) tomH sponge, toothbrush, haircorab, a mackiutoHH gun cover, (marked in paint "A. 12.") twi^H files, knives, a small worsted work-slipper, KnHfl with calfskin, bound with red ribbon ; a gr^H quantity of clothing, and a wolfskin robe ; pSB of a boat's sail of No. 8 canvas, whale line rcH with yellow mark, and white line with redmafl^H twenty four iron stanchions, 9} inches hi^H for supporting a weather cloth round the bod^H a staunch for supporting a ridge pole at height of 3 feet 9 inches above the gunvraloJH " llelics found about Rosa Cairn, on Point V^H tory, May and Juue, 1859. brought away.'BH A six inch din circle, by Robiuson, mark^H 1.22. A case of medicines, consisting of MM small bottles, canister of pils, ointment, plastW| oiled silk, &c, a two-foot rule, two joints o£.t^B cleaning rod of a gun, and a small copjflfl spindle, probably for dog-vanas of boats. . x|H circular brass plate broke out of a wooden g|H case, and engraved "C,H, Ormer, B N." TAB field glass and German silver top of a two-fo^B telescope, a coffee canister, a piece of a hralH curtain rod. The record tin — the record dat^H 25th April, 1848, has been taken out. A H inch double frame sextant, on which the owneJß name is engraved, " Frederick Hornby, 8. .N^8 " Found in a small Cairn, on the south sidojH of Back Bay." ■ A tin record case and record, The latter bfl been taken out. ' . " Seen about Boss Cairn, Point Victory, not H brought away." „H| Four sets of boat cooking apparatus completfl iron hoops, four feet of a copper lightning eoS ductor, hollow brass curtain rod, three quarteiH of an inch in diameter, three pickaxes, 01H shovel, old canvas, a pile of warm clothidH blankets, two feet high, two tin ca&teenH stamped 89 Co., V/m. Hedge, 88 Co, WnH Heather, and a third one not marked, a suiuß pannikan, made on board out of a 21 bs; preserreflj meat tin, and marked W. Mark, & small de 9 box for gun wadding, the heavy ironwork of B large boat, part of a canvass tent, part of an otß sawed longitudinally, and a blanket nailed 9 its fiat side, three boat hook staves, strips qfl copper, a niue inch single block, strapped, B piece of rope and spun yarn. Amongst -lnß clothing was found a stocking marked J' WJB green, and a fragment of one marked " W.S."H Belies, obtained at the Northern Cairn, oeaß Qape Felix, May 1859. „ ( | Fragments of a boat's ensign in a bag, metal lid of a powder-case, two eye-pieces of.sex^irfl tubes brass button, in a small duck bag, worstefl glove, colours, red, white and blue, bungstay ol a marine's water keg or bottle, brass ornameal to a marine's shako, bras 3 screw for screwiniS down lid ; also a copper hinge of the lid of j powder-case, a few potent wire cartridges coa taining large shot, pavt of a pair of steel specta cles, glass being replaced by wood, having 1 narrow slit in it ; two small rib bones, probablj out of salt pork, six or eight packets of needle small flunnel eat tridge containing an ounce 0 dumaged powder, tliese articles iv a small duel bag : a small rouglily made copper apparatui for cooking, some brimstone matches. All th< articles included in this Hue are packed togPtaei in a copper cooking apparatus, and secured 4e a bag. Piece of white paper folded up foutJl in the North Cairn, two piko heads, narrow strij of white paper, found under one of theiw tent places were within a few yards of tiiffl 1 ca:#fa ' •■' ' • -c 'j Beside a small ca.irn, . about three niiiei .*. north of Point Victory, a pickaxe' wiih broklii handle brought away, and empty tea or-coffef canister. ' ■ ~ ■_.;.- Articles. noticed ab;>ut the Narth Cairn, not: : brought away. " ?#■■:& ,g vi/r^S Fragments of two broken bottles, seve»ai . pieces of broken basons or cups, blue and whlt| [To ba concluded ia our next.] r: >i|