INDEX. 



333 



MOUSE. 



Mouse, one found alive on board, 169. 

 Mouth, the, of an Esquimaux, 22. 

 Murchison, Sir Roderick L, Preface 



by him, 3, 276. 

 Musk-oxen, observations, &c. on, 60, 



158, 175, 281-4. 

 Mustard and cress, the growth of, 



&c, 198, 277. 



N. 



Narwhals, and narwhals' horns, 

 51, 130, 139. 



Native auxiliaries, our, 38. 



Natives of Boothia, first meeting 

 with, &c, 203-7. 



of King William's Island, 226-8. 



of Cape York (arctic high- 

 landers), 1 10. 



of Ponds Inlet, 126. 



Navy-board Inlet, 126, 128, 130, 



132, 136. 

 Nets for catching seals, 187-8. 

 New Herrnhut, Moravian mission at, 



18. 

 New Year's Day, 65, 189. 

 Noises from ice -movements, 47. 

 North Water, the, 115. 

 North- West Passage, remarks on 



the, 265-7. 

 Noursak, 100. 



Observations, scientific, Reports 



&c. on, Appendix No. II. , 321. 

 Ogle, Point, 230, 233. 

 Officers, list of, &c. of Franklin's 



expedition, Introduction, xxviii. 

 Olrik, Herr C. S. M., Inspector of 



North Greenland, 19, 98, 302. 

 Ommanney, Capt., R.N., first traces 



discovered by, &c, I, 147, 295. 

 Omenak's Fiord, 10 1. 

 Oomiak, or women's boat, 15. 

 Oonalee, the Boothian Esquimaux, 



206, 218, 220-2. 

 Oot-loo-lik, the stranded ship at, 220. 

 Open water in Bellot Strait all the 



winter, 190, 196-7, 274. 

 Organ, our, 43, 304. 

 Orkney Isles, the shores of, 10. 



PORT KENNEDY. 



Osborn, Capt. Sherrard, R.N., 197, 



289, 295. 

 Osmer, the late C. Ff., Esq., R.N., 



Introduction, xli ; Appendix, 317. 

 Owls, 169, 194, 278. 

 Ow-wang-noot, the Ponds Bay 



native, 137, 139. 

 Ozone, experiments to detect the 



presence of, 46. 



P. 



Pack, the polar, 265, 299, 300. 



, release from the, 86. 



Paraselense, 59. 



Parry, Sir Edward, 85, 124,. 126, 



130, 138, 243, 299. 

 Passage, northern, across Baffin Bay, 



24. 



, southern, 24. 



, middle, 24. 



, the, North-West, its discovery, 



Preface, xii; Introduction, xlviii; 



267. 

 Peel Sound (or Strait), 151, 166, 168. 

 Peddie, the late Dr. J. S., R.N., In- 

 troduction, xli. 

 Peglar, Henry, his certificate, &c, 



deciphered, 310; Appendix No. I., 



320. 

 Pemmican, its composition, 6. 



Rock, 167, 174, 200, 272. 



Pendulum, experiments, 46. 



Islands, 193. 



Pentland Firth, the 'Fox' passes 



through, 10. 

 Petersen, Carl, appointed to the 



'Fox,' Preface, ix; 6. 

 , Carl, his skill as an ice-pilot, 



&c., 33. 

 -, Carl, his sufferings in Dr. 



Kane's expedition, 66. 



Philpots, Dr. E. P., his interesting 

 information, foot-notes, 121, 184. 



Pitcher, James, gets scurvy, 197. 



Ponds Bay (or Inlet), 119, 126, 131, 

 137, 142. 



Port Kennedy, 170, 174, 279, 285. 



, observations on the tempera- 

 ture at, Appendix No. II, 322. 



