Aug. 1859. DEARTH OF ANIMAL LIFE. 277 



this "further search" — and the able champion of Lady- 

 Franklin when she needed all the support which private 

 friendship and public spirit could bestow. 



2$rd. — The ice in Prince Regent's Inlet is broken up into 

 pack, but the prevalence of easterly winds keeps it close in 

 upon this shore. The ice about us is very much decayed, 

 holes through it in many places. No reindeer seen this 

 week, and only two seals procured ; one of them shot by 

 Christian, the other was killed by a bear, which ran off 

 before Samuel could come within shot of him. A fox, a 

 gull, a couple of ducks, and one or two lemmings, complete 

 our game list for the week, yet our two Esquimaux are inde- 

 fatigable in the pursuit. We eat all the birds and seals we 

 can shoot, as well as mustard and cress as fast as we can 

 grow it, but the quantity is very small. We sometimes 

 refresh ourselves with a salad of sorrel-leaves, or roots of 

 the little plant with lilac flower of snapdragon shape, named 

 Pedicular is hirsuta. 



The seine has been hauled in the narrow lake at the 

 head of the harbour, but as it was not well managed, only 

 a dozen small trout were taken, though more were seen. 

 We have tried for rock-cod, but without success. The 

 relics of the lost expedition have been aired, exhibited to 

 the crew, labelled, and packed away. The Doctor has 

 been dredging lately. A record detailing our proceedings 

 has been placed in a cairn upon the west point of Depot 

 Bay. 



1st August — Birthdays have been numerous lately; the 

 men have compared notes, and have discovered that two, 

 or even three, of them were born on the same day ! 

 Hobson's good nature is appealed to for aid in these 

 celebrations, for pipes, or tobacco, a glass of grog, or a 

 holiday and a gun, to try and shoot something for the pot. 



A few evenings ago our steward was looking remarkably 



