214 REVIEW OF MEASURES ADOPTED. \Augitst, 



" I have thought fit to erect here, on a commanding 

 terrace in rear of this house, a substantial pillar, on which, 

 stamped on leaden plates, the names and particulars re- 

 lative to all who have died in the execution of their duty 

 in this Expedition are recorded." 



" At this present date no sign of open water cheers us, 

 but I have the satisfaction of knowing that on the 6th 

 H.M.S. Assistance and Pioneer were blown out. The 

 latter grounded, and the engines could not be worked. 

 She was soon got afloat, and my communication, dated 

 three A.M. on the 10th, from Commander Richards, places 

 the ship near Cape Grinnell, not far from the spot where 

 the gallant Bellot met his untimely end." 



" Considering that our northern and western searches 

 have now terminated, I cannot but revert to the matters 

 involved in this service entrusted to my direction. Al- 

 though it was clearly explained, indeed most emphatically 

 enjoined on me, that the discovery of new land had no 

 part in my proposed duties, but the most rigorous and 

 extended search for traces of the missing Expedition was 

 alone to occupy my mind : still, the one object, in the re- 

 gion more particularly visited by me, could not be satis- 

 factorily executed without the label of truth impressed 

 on its every feature." 



" With both views before me, the commanders of par- 

 ties were directed to make straight courses to the utmost 

 extent of travel from point to point, so far as provision 

 would sustain them forward and back." 



" On the homeward journey, they, with lighter loads, 

 had time to review eligible lines of re-search, and tin.' 

 orders given to the return commissariat sledges filled up 



