xxii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Errors in Franklin's records — Relics found at the cairn — Reflections 

 on the retreat — Returning homeward — Geological remarks — 

 Difficulties of summer sledging — Arrive on board the ' Fox ' — 

 Navigable N.W. Passage — Death from scurvy — Anxiety for 

 Captain Young — Young returns safely Page 256 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Signs of release — Seal-stalking — Dearth of animal life — Birthdays — 

 Break out of winter quarters — Game lists — Steam out of port — 

 Escape from Regent's Inlet — In Baffin's Bay — Bears — Captain 

 Allen Young's journey — Hobson's journey — Disco; sad disap- 

 pointment — Part from our Esquimaux friends — Adieu to Greenland 

 — Arrive home . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 273 



Conclusion 309 



APPENDIX. 



No. I. — List of Relics of the Franklin Expedition brought to England 

 in the ' Fox,' and deposited in the Museum of the United Service 

 Institution 315 



No. II. — Reports of Scientific Observations obtained during the voyage 

 of the ' Fox ;' or References to such of these Reports as are published 

 elsewhere 321 



Index ^28 



