TO THE MEMORY OF 



FRANKLIN, 



CROZIER, FITZJAMES, 



AND ALL THEIR 



GALLANT BROTHER OFFICERS AND FAITHFUL 



COMPANIONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND PERISHED 



IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE AND 



THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY. 



THIS TABLET 



IS ERECTED NEAR THE SPOT WHERE 



THEY PASSED THEIR FIRST ARCTIC 



WINTER, AND WHENCE THEY ISSUED 



FORTH TO CONQUER DIFFICULTIES OR 



TO DIE. 



IT COMMEMORATES THE GRIEF OF THEIR 



ADMIRING COUNTRYMEN AND FRIENDS, 



AND THE ANGUISH, SUBDUED BY FAITH, 



OF HER WHO HAS LOST, IN THE HEROIC 



LEADER OF THE EXPEDITION, THE MOST 



DEVOTED AND AFFECTIONATE OF 



HUSBANDS. 



" AND SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE 

 HAVEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE." 



1855. 



This Tablet having been left at Disco by the 

 American Expedition, which was unable to 

 reach Beechey Island, in 1855, was put on 

 board the Discovery Yacht Fox, and is now 

 set up here by Captain M'Clintock, R.N., 

 commanding the final expedition of search 

 for ascertaining the fate of Sir John Franklin 

 and his companions. 1858. 



