36 Correspondence with Professor Bache. 



anxiliarios in oonnoetioii witli tlio few wliites tliat go to make \\\) my ship's 

 company. 



From FrobisLer's Bay I drop down to Hudson's Strait, and sail westerly 

 and nortlicrly to the meridian of 72° west of Greenland, north side of said strait, 

 and here commence explorations, getting data for filling up the now blank on the 

 English and American charts between the meridian named and 75° west longitude. 

 Between these meridians I shall find an extensive inlet trending north. This 

 tliscovery will i)rove of great value to our commerce, as this inlet abounds with 

 whales of the Mysticetus kind. I gained the information relative to this bay and 

 its inhabitants from the Eskimos I met when exploring the so-called Frobisher 

 Straits, which, you know, I determined to be a bay. 



This i)art of the coast completed, I pass to Fox Channel. On arriving to 

 "Fox's Furthest," lat. 00° 50' N., commence exploration and continue it to the 

 Strait of Fury and Hecla. From Eskimo reports, I shall find a strait of great 

 imi)ortance, for it is wide and abounding with some species of whales referred to. 

 This fit rait connects Fox's Channel icith Davis' Strait. 



If 1 find the Strait of Fury and Hecla navigable (that is, clear of ice) shall 

 push through it for Gulf of Boothia, and then turn to the north, exploring the 

 west coast of Cockburn Island to the parallel of Bellot Strait. Having made 

 the passage to and through the latter-named strait, shall turn to the south, coast- 

 ing along the Avest side of F>ootliia Peninsula till T arrive to the latitude of King 

 William's Land, the latter l)eing the point of my destination. 



On (Mjmpleting my investigations here and on the Isthmus of Boothia Felix, 



relative to Sir John Franklin's Expedition, I shall make my way for Behring's 



Strait by way of the Straits of James C. Ross, Dease and Simpson, Dolphin and 



L'nion. If I am not able to penetrate through the Strait of Fury & Hecla, shall 



turn to the south to Repulse Bay, drop anchor, and establish headquarters ; then 



from this jjoint, l)y means of dogs and sledges, and the aid of Eskimos, shall 



Hiakj.' journeys to Boothia Isthmus and King William's Land. The voyage I pro- 



IX)se to make will extend over three years. 



Respectfnllv, 



C. F. HALL. 



The sanj^uine hopes expressed in this letter were, however, again to 

 ))<■ (lisap[>ointed. It is unnecessary to detail the continued embarrass- 

 ment.s and rcbiifTs which Ijroiight this result; they had nearly culmi- 

 nated when Hall made tlic journal entries which have been quoted. 



