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 berwiirtigfeiten i[)reö Unternel)menö ju überwältigen ober umjufommen. 

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 tet ben würbigften ©d^Iu^ unfcrer 2)arftenung: 



TO THE MEMORY OF 



FRANKLIN, 

 CROZIER, FITZJAMES, 



AND 

 ALL THEIR GALLANT BROTHER OFFICERS AND FAITH- 

 FUL COMPANIONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND 

 PERISHED IN THE CAUSE OF 

 SCIENCE AND THE SER- 

 VICE OF THEIR 

 COUNTRY 

 THIS TABLET 

 IS 

 ERECTED 

 NEAR THE SPOT WHERE 

 THEY PASSED THEIR FIRST ARC- 

 TIC WINTER AND WHENCE THEY ISSUED 

 FORTH TO CONQUER DIFFICULTIES OR TO DIE. 

 IT COMMEMORATES THE GRIEF OF 

 THEIR ADMIRING COUNTRYMEN AND FRIENDS ANT) THE 

 ANGUISH SUBDUED BY FAITH OF HER WHO HAS 

 LOST IN THE HEROIC LEADER OF THE 

 EXPEDITION THE MOST DEVOTED 

 AND AFFECTIONATE OF 

 HUSBANDS 

 And so He bringelh them into the heaven where they woiild he. 

 1855. 



THIS STONE HAS BEEN INTRÜSTED TO BE AFFIXED IN ITS PLACE BY THE 



OFFICERS AND THE CREW OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION, COMMANDED BY 



LIEUT. H. J. HARTSTEIN IN SEARCH OF DR. KANE AND HIS COMPANIONS. 



