﻿1847. PLANS OF SEAECH ADOPTED. 21 



measures that have been adopted for his relief, and of 

 directing him to the best point to pi'oceed, if he should 

 consider it necessary to abandon his ships. 



" Other parties may be despatched, as might appear 

 desii'able to the commander of the expedition, according 

 to circumstances ; but the steam-launches should certainly 

 be emjjloyed to keep up the communication between the 

 ships, to transmit such information for the guidance of 

 each other as might be necessary for the safety and success 

 of the undertaking. 



(Signed) " James C. Ross, 



" Captain, R. N. 



" AthenEeum, 2 December, 1847." 



By a subsequent arrangement between Sir James 

 Ross and myself, under the sanction of the Ad- 

 miralty, I undertook to deposit pemican at Fort 

 Good Hope and Point Separation on the Macken- 

 zie, and Capes Bathurst, Parry, Krusenstern, and 

 Hearne, on the sea-coast, for the use of Sir James 

 Ross's detached parties. 



The Beering's Straits expedition was composed 

 of the " Herald," Captain Kellet, then employed 

 in surveying the Pacific coasts of America, and the 

 " Plover," Commander Moore. The vessels were 

 expected to arrive in Beering's Straits about the 

 1st of July, 1848, and were directed to " proceed 

 along the American coast as far as possible, con- 

 sistent with the certainty of preventing the ships 

 being beset by the ice." A harbour was to be 



c 3 



