Aug. 1858. AN ARCTIC MONUMENT. H5 



the ice has been scraped out of the house and its roof 

 thoroughly repaired, a record deposited, and door securely 

 closed. 



At Godhavn I found a marble tablet which had been sent 

 out by Lady Franklin, in the American expedition of 1855 

 under Captain H. J. Hartstein, U.S.N., for the purpose of 

 being erected at Beechey Island. Circumstances prevented 

 his executing this kindly service, and it fell to my lot to 

 convey it to the site originally intended. The tablet was con- 

 structed in New York under the direction of Mr. Grinnell at 

 the request of Lady Franklin, in order that the only oppor- 

 tunity which then offered of sending it to the arctic regions 

 might not be lost. I placed the monument upon the raised 

 flagged square in the centre of which stands the cenotaph re- 

 cording the names of those who perished in the Government 

 expedition under Sir Edward Belcher. Here also is placed a 

 small tablet, sent out by John Barrow, Esq., to the memory of 

 Lieutenant B'ellot. I could not have selected for Lady 

 Franklin's memorial a more appropriate or conspicuous site. 

 The inscription runs as follows : — 



