30 Plans Submitted. 



Xni. Should such success be met with that the vessel becomes filled with 

 whale oil and bone before I have completed my research for the object and at the 

 point designed, the same to be reshipped l)y some other vessel to the States, or 

 the vessel to be sent home, taking along my dispatches and such relics as I may 

 have recovered ; said ^'essel to sail from the States the following spring for 

 Eepulse Bay. 



XIV. The whole expenses of the expedition to be paid from the proceeds 

 of the whaling branch, proWding the amount warrants it. 



XY. The expenses of the research department to be included in the first 

 cost of the vessel, outfit, &c. 



XVI. This expedition to be known as "The Franklin Eesearch Expedition"; 

 the minor details of it only to be understood by the parties most deeply interested. 



XVII. By having a boat's crew at Eepulse Bay headquarters shore- whal- 

 ing could be prosecuted. One boat's crew might be made up of the natives. The 

 policy of adopting this scheme could be determined on acquiring information of 

 the natives at Eepulse Bay whether or not it is a good whaling ground. 



Mr. Grinnell and Mr. Chapell approved the general ideas pre- 

 sented in this plan. It will be observed, however, that the returns for 

 the proposed outlay were to be looked for from successful adventure 

 in whaling, in which feature Hall was encouraged to place confidence 

 by conversations held a short time previously with his friends in New 

 London. The outlay would involve the sum of 820,000, and the first 

 ideas entertained at the meeting just named, limited the contributions 

 for this object chiefly to the generous co-operation of Mr. Grinnell, 

 Messrs. Williams & Haven, and Mr. Chapell. Notwithstanding their 

 unquestionable sincerity and their mutual confidence in Hall, of whom 

 Mr. Grinnell, at this meeting, said, " He is the man of all the world to 

 be sent foi-tli on the mission to solve the mysteries enshrouding the 

 fate ol" I'raiikliirs nicii," it could hardly be expected that these enthu- 

 sia.stic hopes of immediate equipment could be realized. Mr. Grinnell 

 had spent between £20,000 and £30,000 on the Franklin Rehef Expe- 

 ditions, and had already met with commercial reverses during the war, 



