3 20 APPENDIX. No. I. 



Relics obtained from the Esquimaux near Cape Norton, 



upon the East Coast of King William's Island, in May, 



1859:- 



Two tablespoons ; upon one is scratched " W. W.," on the other 

 " W. G. ; " these bear the Franklin crest ; two table forks, one bearing 

 the Franklin crest, the other is also crested, probably Captain Crozier's ; 

 silversmith's name is "I. West ;" two teaspoons, one engraved "A. M. 

 D." (A. M 'Donald), the other bears the Fairholme crest and motto ; 

 handle of a dessert knife, into which had been inserted a razor (since 

 broken off) by Millikin, Strand ; buttons, wood, and iron, were here in 

 abundance, but as enough of these had already been obtained, no more 

 were purchased. 



Taken out of some deserted snow-huts near here : — 



Some scraps of different kinds of wood, such as could not be obtained 

 from a boat — teak or African oak. 



Found lying about the skeleton, 9 miles eastward of Cape 

 Herschel, 26th May, 1859: — 



The tie of black silk neckerchief; fragments of a double-breasted 

 blue cloth waistcoat, with covered silk buttons, and edged with braid ; 

 a scrap of a coloured cotton shirt, silk-covered buttons of blue cloth 

 great-coat, a small clothes-brush, a horn pocket-comb, a leathern pocket- 

 book, which fell to pieces when thawed and dried ; it contained 9 or 

 10 letters, a few leaves apparently blank ; a sixpence, date 1831 ; and 

 a half-sovereign, dated 1 844. 



A subsequent most cai-eful examination proved these letters, or rather 

 papers folded as letters, to be : — 



(No. 1.) Simply an address — "Mr. John Cowper, No. 47, John 

 Street, Commercial Road, London." 



(No. 2.) An account of Hy. Peglar's sea services. 



(No. 3.) An address — " O. J. Rezzoe, a Squier, R.N., Sand'ile 

 Harbor. John T. Couart, .... eth " — 



(No. 4.) The words of a sea-song, with the date " April 21, 1847." 



(No. 5.) "Lines writ .... on a party wot happened at Trinidad," 

 &c, each word being spelt backwards. 



(No. 6. ) An account of some festive trip, each word spelt backwards, 

 — " Sir, in one of my jerneys to the old Citty of Cumanar," &c. 



(No. 7.) Lines beginning "Oh Death where is thy sting;" and 

 spelt backwards. 



(No. 8.) The parchment certificate of Henry Peglar. Also, two or 

 three wholly illegible papers and a scrap of ' Lloyd's Weekly News- 

 paper.' 



There are two handwritings here; the MSS. numbered 1, 2, and 4, 

 are by tire same person ; Nos. 3, 5, 6, and 7, are by some one else. 



