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obtaining from the Eskimos many articles which had belonged to 

 Franklin and his men, about one hundred and fifty in all. 



Hall set out on a third voyage in 1871, this time with the 

 ambitious purpose of seeking the North Pole. He had the support 

 of the government in this expedition, and was instructed to explore 

 and survey the passage between Greenland and Grinnell Land and, 

 if possible, to reach the Pole. Setting out on June 29, 1871, in a 

 steam vessel, the "Polaris/" with a crew of thirty-three, he had the 

 good fortune to carry his ship readily through the seas which had 

 baffled Kane and Hayes, sailing past the highest points they had 

 reached in sledge journeys and passing through Robeson Channel 

 to where it opens into the waters of the Polar Sea. The highest 

 point reached was in latitude 82 degrees 16 minutes, about two hun- 

 dred miles north of Kane's highest and fifty miles beyond that of 

 Hayes. 



It was now the 7th of September, and it was decided to lay up 

 for the winter, this being done in a sheltered cove in latitude 87 

 degrees 38 minutes, which Hall named Thank God Harbor. While 

 preparations for "wintering" were being made, Captain Hall started 

 on a sledge-journey, which occupied from October loth to October 

 24th. On his return he was suddenly taken sick. At first it was 

 supposed to be only a temporary bilious attack, but on the following 

 day the symptoms became alarming, and he was frequently delirious. 

 His illness continued, and gradually assumed the appearance of 

 paralysis. 



Early on the 8th of November, the heroic explorer's adventur- 

 ous career was terminated. "Last evening," says Tyson, "the cap- 

 tain himself thought he was better, and would soon be around again. 

 But it seems he took worse in the night. Captain Buddington came 

 and told me he 'thought Captain Hall was dying.' I got up imme- 

 diately, and went to the cabin and looked at him. He was quite 

 unconscious knew nothing. He lay on his face, and was breathing 

 heavily ; his face was hid in the pillow. It was about half-past three 



