310 CONCLUSION. 



munity, and contributed materially to the success of the 

 expedition. 



The names I have given to my discoveries are, with the 

 exception of those by which I have endeavoured to honour 

 the members of the lost expedition, the names of active 

 supporters of the recent search, and friends of Franklin and 

 his companions, though such names are far from exhausting 

 the number of those who have the highest claims to dis- 

 tinction on both grounds. 



It will be observed that I have refrained from repeating 

 names which have already been commemorated by prece- 

 ding commanders, and which therefore are already in our 

 charts. Besides the individuals already mentioned in the 

 narrative, Sir Thomas D. Acland, one of the most zealous 

 promoters of the search, both in and out of the House of 

 Commons ; Monsieur De la Roquette, Vice-President of the 

 Geographical Society of Paris, and author of an interesting 

 biography of Franklin ; Rear-Admiral Fitzroy ; and Major- 

 General Pasley, R.E., stand high amongst those whom it 

 has been my privilege to honour. 



Although much talent has been brought to bear upon the 

 deciphering of the letters and papers found in a pocket- 

 book near Cape Herschel (page 236, ante), yet, from their 

 being so very much defaced by time, only a few detached 

 sentences have been made out, and these do not in the 

 slightest degree refer to the proceedings of the lost expedition. 



One paper is dated "April 21st, 1847." Amongst them 

 was a seaman's parchment certificate ; by the aid of chemical 

 re-agents, Mr. F. G. Netherclifft, of 32 Brewer Street, Golden 

 Square, has been able to decipher the name of Hy. Peglar, 

 together with several particulars respecting him — stature, 5 ft 

 7i in.; hair, light-brown, &c. A reference to official docu- 

 ments at the Admiralty shows that Henry Peglar joined 

 H.M.S. 'Terror' on nth March, 1845, as Captain of the 



