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and the remaining party. Richardson, not to for- 

 sake his former companion and fellow-sufferer, left 

 a comfortable situation at home with a wife and 

 family, so eager was he to complete the geography 

 and the natural history of the American coast which 

 borders the Polar Sea on its southern side. Lieuten- 

 ant Bushnan, who had served with Ross and Parry 

 in their Arctic voyages, and had distinguished him- 

 self as a draughtsman and surveyor, was selected as 

 one of the expedition; but the premature death of this 

 excellent young officer, distinguished by his skill 

 in nautical astronomy, surveying, and drawing, was 

 deeply lamented by Franklin ; and Mr. E. N. Ken- 

 dall, Admiralty Mate, and recently assistant sur- 

 veyor with Captain Lyon, was also appointed to the 

 same situation in the present expedition ; lastty, 

 Mr. Thomas Drummond, of Forfar, was appointed 

 assistant naturalist on the recommendation of 

 Professor Hooker and other eminent scientific 

 men. 



In acceding to Captain Franklin's proposal, the 

 Government was not unmindful of having sent out 

 Captain Parry on his third expedition, in the pre- 

 ceding year, and that he might require information 

 and assistance in the event of his proceeding along 

 the American coast of the Polar Sea ; that portion 

 of it interjacent between Mackenzie River and Icy 

 Cape being wholly unknown, as was also that 

 between Mackenzie and Hearne's Rivers. The 



