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stomach inwards, pointing to their mouths, and shaking their heads piteously, that 
these things were obtained from a kayack of a party who had died of starvation. 
‘’wo men of the same tribe were met further down the river, but nothing more was 
learnt from them. 
- Mr. Anderson remained three days on Montreal Island and thoroughly explored 
every part of it. The spot where the expedition boat had been cut up was on a rocky 
_ Tidge at its north-eastern extremity. ‘The ground there was strewed with shavings 
of wood, ends of plank, &c., evidently cut by tke natives. On a piece of board that 
was painted black, the name ‘‘ Erebus’”’ was carved. Small pieces of rope containing 
the coloured dock-yard threads, pieces of bunting, &c., were lying about. There 
being many Eskimo caches in the neighbourhood, they were opened, and in them 
were found, besides stores of seal oil, blacksmith’s tools, a tomahawk, a chain-hook, 
a fragment of an unwrought iron bar, a bundle of ash sticks, being parts of snow- 
shoe frames with ‘‘ Mr. Stanley” carved on one, together with some pieces of hoop- 
iron, parts of instruments, a bit of cane, and a piece of the leather of a backgammon 
board, but not a scrap of paper nor a human bone. Every mound was examined in 
search of graves, but without success. Both coasts of the peninsula, from Elliot 
Bay northward, were minutely searched, but nothing more was found except a bit 
of cod-line and a rag of striped cotton on Point Ogle. Maconochie Island was also 
carefully traversed, but the state of the ice hiudered the canoes from crossing to 
_ Point Richardson. On the return, part of the eastern shores of the estuary was also 
examined, and the Eskimos at Lake Franklin were again visited. They were now 
assembled to strike their tents and move elsewhere, and the strength of the party 
was seen to be five men, three women, and twelve lads and children. Mr. Anderson 
spread all his trading stores before them and offered the whole for books or papers, 
‘but they signified that they had none, and opened all their caches to show what they 
actually had. In the cdches were found an oval frying-pan, a chisel, a broken hand- 
‘saw, a piece of a metal thermometer-scale, and part of an ivory rule. Most of the 
‘paddles of the party were made out of ash-oars. 
-’ These people made Mr. Anderson comprehend that they had not seen the ships 
or great kayacks, but that they had heard from others of their being wrecked, and 
‘that the crews had all died of starvation. Mr. Anderson, judging from the quantity 
‘of drift sand on Montreal Island and on the adjoining peninsula, thought that if the 
_ expedition perished there, their bodies would be covered by that material. 
, 
— On the Inhabitants and Dialect of the Barony of Forth in the County of 
2 Wexford. By the Rev. Cuarres Russevz, D.D. 
On the Routes pursued by Herren Hermann, Adolphe, and Robert Schlagint- 
weit in India, the Himalayas, Tibet, and Turkistan. By Roserr 
_ SCHLAGINTWEIT. 
_ This paper was introduced by a short account of a demi-official nature regarding 
their mission to India. Mr. Schlagintweit mentioned in the highest terms the labours 
of their predecessors in scientific researches in India, particularly amongst many 
‘others, Buist, Cunningham, Everest, Gerards, Hodgson, Hooker, Oldham, Strachey, 
Sykes, Thompson, Waugh, &c. 
In reference to their official position, they were particularly indebted to Col. 
‘Sykes, as well as to the Royal Society under Gen. Sabine’s directions. 
_- In 1854 they reached India, and passed from Bombay to Madras, through Central 
India, each by different routes, making geological, geographical, and other scientific 
‘investigations as they proceeded. On their sea voyage previously, they had made 
“observations as to the specific gravity of sea-water, and also as to the currents of the 
sea, and continued these in the voyage from Madras to Calcutta. 
~~ Onarriving at Calcutta in the beginning of 1855, Mr. Hermann Schlagintweit set 
out for the northern provinces of Bengal, and, having reached Sikkim, continued his 
‘researches all along the Himalayas, with a view of ascertaining their height and 
nical position. To the west of Kunchinjinga he met with a remarkably high 
“mountain, mentioned in a letter to Baron Humboldt (July 10, 1855, summit of 
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