82 VOYAGE TO THE POLAR SEA. July 



CHAPTEE III. 



GREENLAND PARTY ATTACKED WITH SCURVY — DEATHS OP TWO MEN — 

 CAPTAIN STEPHENSON PROCEEDS TO POLARIS BAY — BEAUMONT RE- 

 TURNS TO DISCOVERY BAY — ACCOUNT OF HIS PROCEEDINGS. 



Although the proceedings of the Greenland tra- 

 vellers were unknown to us on board the ' Alert ' until 

 the 6th of August, by which time we had succeeded 

 in advancing to within twenty miles of Discovery 

 Harbour, it will be more convenient if I relate them 

 previously to describing our return voyage through 

 Eobeson Channel. 



On the 15th of July, Lieutenant Fulforcl, with two 

 men and a dog-sledge, arrived at Discovery Bay from 

 Hall's Eest. He informed Captain Stephenson that, 

 after a most arduous journey, Lieutenant Beaumont 

 had arrived at Polaris Bay on the 1st with the whole 

 of his crew attacked by scurvy. Two deaths had 

 occurred — that of James Hand on the 3rd of June and 

 of Charles Paul on the 29th, both of whom, carried on 

 sledges, had lingered just long enough once more to 

 sight their Arctic home before their spirits were called 

 away. Seven out of the eleven men composing the 

 party were still ailing ; but through the assiduous 

 and skilful treatment of Dr. Coppinger, and the in- 

 valuable exertions of Hans Hendrich in obtaining fresh 



