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Blossom, under the orders of Captain Beechey. 

 The other party, under Dr. Richardson, was to 

 depart at the same time from the mouth of the same 

 river, and proceeding easterly, along the same coast, 

 continue till he reached the mouth of the Copper 

 Mine River. Previous, however, to the commence- 

 ment of these expeditions along the coast, Franklin 

 made the following arrangements : first, that he 

 should go down to the sea, taking Mr. Kendall with 

 him to collect information respecting the general 

 state of the ice in autumn and summer; the direc- 

 tion of the coast, and whether they might calcu- 

 late on a supply of provisions. Secondly, that Dr. 

 Richardson should, in his absence, proceed in a boat 

 to that part of Bear Lake which approached nearest 

 to the Copper Mine River, and there fix a spot to 

 which he might return the following year from the 

 mouth of that river. And thirdly, that Lieutenant 

 Back, with the assistance of Mr. Dease, chief trader 

 of the Hudson's Bay Company, should provide a 

 comfortable residence and subsistence on the shore 

 of Bear Lake, for their winter-quarters, and also to 

 arrange the distribution of the Indian hunters. 



These matters being settled, Franklin and Ken- 

 dall embarked on the 8th of August in the largest 

 boat, the Lion, with a well-selected crew of six 

 Englishmen, and Augustus, the Esquimaux inter- 

 preter. Lieutenant Back had the charge of three 

 canoes, each manned with fiwe men. The crews of 



