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CAPTAIN M'CLURE's DESPATCHES. 



YEARLY ABSTRACT. 



KOBERT M'CLURE, Commander. 



Altliough this pamphlet only professes to give the despatches of 

 Captain M'Clure, it is thought that a brief narrative of the circum- 

 stances which led to a knowledge of the position of the Lives tiff ator, 

 and to the despatches of Captain M'Clure being brought home, will be 

 interesting to some readers, who may not have had an opportunity of 

 seeing all the particulars which have, from time to time, been made 

 public. 



It may be remembered that Captain Collinson, in the Enterprise, 

 having the Investigator under his command, sailed from "Woolwich on 

 the lOth of January, 1850, and from Plymouth on the 20th of the 

 s?*me month. They parted company soon after leaving England, and 

 met again in the Straits of Magellan. After getting through the Straits, 

 they experienced heavy weather, again parted comjiany, and since that 

 time have never met. The Investiffutor arrived at the Sandwich Islands 

 on the 1st of July, the Enterprise having sailed on the morning of the 

 same day. Captain ISI'Chire sailed again on the 4th, and, with the 

 wind invariably in their favour, made a surprising passage to Behring's 

 Straits. After communicating with the Herald, Captain Kcllett, off 

 Cape Lisbourne, and exchanging signals with the Plover, the Investi- 



