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book,* " were Captain Allen Young, on whom fell the principal burden and expense ; Mr, 

 James Gordon Bennett, whom I had the honour to represent; Lieutenant Innes Lilling- 

 ston, R.N., who went as second in command ; and the late Lady Franklin. She had insisted 

 on contributing to the expenses of the expedition, almost against Captain Young's wishes, 

 who felt by no means confident of doing anything that would entitle him to accept her 

 willing contribution " It will be remembered that Captain Young had been navigating 

 officer with the memorable McClintock expedition in 1857-9, and that during that time he 



had made many perilous siedge-journeys. A representative of the Dutch royal navy, Lieu- 

 tenant Beynen, accompanied them, and was sent out by his Government to report on the 

 expedition; and gain experience in Arctic navigation. Probably, at some future time Holland 

 may resume the thread of Arctic exploration where it was dropped by Barentz, the old Dutch 

 navigator, 300 years ago. 



On the morning of the 28th of July they arrived in sight of Cape Farewell, and were 

 surrounded on all sides by a field of floating ice. The horizon was white with it, while near 

 the ships great pieces, of every imaginable shape and size, went drifting by in dangerous 

 proximity. There were old castles with broken ruined towers, battlements, and loopholes; 

 castellated fortresses; cathedrals with fantastic Gothic carving, and delicate tracery, and 

 triumphal arches. The narrator says that the animal and vegetable kingdoms were repre- 



* " Under the Northern Lights." By J. A. MacGahan. 



