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accustomed to the navigation of the icy seas in the 

 neighbourhood of Newfoundland, and received his 

 promotion to the rank of commander in 1816, for 

 his zeal and good conduct on that station. He also 

 made a land journey over ice and snow nearly 

 across the island, in order to procure an interview 

 with the native islanders, he being the first Euro- 

 pean that ever ventured to go among them. On 

 his return from the present expedition he was ap- 

 pointed in 1820 to the Grasshopper, in which ship 

 he returned to Newfoundland, and served on that 

 station till 1823, when he was promoted to the 

 rank of captain. In coming from India he was 

 lost in the Upton Castle, a ship that was never 

 heard of after the 8th of December, 1838. 



Lieutenant Franklin entered the navy in early 

 life as midshipman of the Porpoise, one of the ships 

 employed by Captain Flinders on the survey of the 

 coasts of Australia, and was wrecked in her. Next 

 in the Polyphemus as midshipman and master's 

 mate from 1801 to 1808, and was in the fleet with 

 Nelson at the battle of Copenhagen. He was next 

 appointed acting-lieutenant in the Bedford ; and 

 was lieutenant of the Bellerophon in the battle of 

 Trafalgar in 1805, and also in the Bedford in the 

 attack on New Orleans in 1815, where he com- 

 manded in the boats, was wounded, gazetted, and 

 highly spoken of. He was promoted to the rank 

 of captain in 1822, on returning from his first 



