1 4 l^n couragemen t. 



As regards the final disposal of the Frobisher relics, I think they shoidd 

 either be placed in Greenwich Hall or in the Royal United Service Institution 

 with the Franklin relics. Although your letter has been unanswered it has not 

 been neglected. 



Mr. Major, of the British Museum, whom 1 met at the Geographical Society, 

 is getting all tlie extracts you require made for you, and they will shortly be 

 ready. 



Believe mc, my dear sir, with best wishes for your success in your next 

 enterprise, yours \'ery truly and with great respect, 



JOHX BAEROW. 



The action of the Royal Geographical Society and the courteous 

 and encouraging letters received from such officers as have been named, 

 proved further incentives to Hall to prepare for a return to the fields of 

 exploration. His disappointment in not receiving a single volume of 

 the Hakluyt series, for which he asked in the correspondence with the 

 secretar}^ of the Hakluyt Society, was compensated for by a loan of 

 the whole, at a later date, from the library of Mr, J Carson Brevoort, 

 of Brookh'n, L. I. The charts which he needed were courteously 

 forwarded by Captain Becher, of the Admiralty, during the ensuing 

 season, through the British consul at New York. 



and indebtedness of every Englishman to you and of the admiration of your liberaltyand philan- 

 thropy. The whole atiair passed off most satisfactorily. Sir George Back spoke in high terms of 

 Mr. Hall's perseverance and energy, and had no doubt that the relics were those of Frobisher. 

 Rae, Barrow, Young, Markham, and several others also expressed the same opinion. It was 

 thought best to strike out that portion of the paper relating to the supposed remains of Sir John 

 Franklin's expedition, as it would be painful to the feelings of their relations. Rae strongly 

 corrol»orated the remarks of Mr. Hall regarding the truthfulness of the traditions of the natives. 



Tin- relics will be for the ]»resent exhibited in the society's rooms, lor inspect ion of scienlific 

 men, until their fmal disposition, which is in the hands of Sir R. Murchison and Mr. Brown. 



If was deliglitful to witness the respect and kind feeling exhibited by the eminent discov- 

 ereru pn-s<nt for tlie labors of a brother explorer. 



If -Mr. Hall could only reach King William's Land and iind the Records of Franklin what a 

 nanif lie could make for him.self! I am afraid it can only be accomplished by a vessel to Princo 

 Regent's Inlet or overland by Rae's or Anderson's route through the Hudson Bay Company's 

 Territorj- 



