256 SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS. 



field's cor- found to be an open strait, Whale Sound was also 



rections. 



( A< ) examined, and the intermediate coast-line was laid 



down more accurately. 



22. Simultaneously with the expeditions of Austin and Belcher, 

 searches were instituted from the coast of Arctic America, and by 

 way of Behring Strait. In 1848, the veteran Arctic traveller, Sir 

 John Richardson, conducted a search for his old comrade 

 Franklin, from the mouth of the Mackenzie, to the Coppermine. 

 In 1851, Dr. Rae, a Hudson's Bay Company's Factor, reached 

 the Polar Sea, near the mouth of the Coppermine, crossed Dolphin 

 26. Arrow- an d Union Strait, and examined the coast of Wollaston 

 Land. In a second journey and voyage, partly by 

 sledge, partly by boat, he examined Victoria Land to 



Arrow- ' the eastward, during August of 1851. During 1854 



smith's map 



of disco- Dr. Rae was employed to ascertain the connection of 

 Rae, north Boothia with the American Continent, and thus to ioin 



of Repulse 



Bay. (s.) the work of Sir James Ross to that of Parry. This 

 journey also proved that King William Land was an island. 



23. The voyages in search of Franklin, by way of Behring 

 Strait, were most important in a geographical point of view. In 

 August, 1849, Captain Kellett, in the Herald, discovered an 

 island in 72 51' N., and 163 48' W., with a long range of high 

 27. Harm- land beyond it. In this direction most important dis- 

 chartsof coveries await the enterprise of future explorers, and 

 land, with Captain Kellett's original map well deserves attention. 



views. . 



(R.G.s.) 24. But the exploits of the Enterprise and Investigator 



form the main points of interest as regards discovery from the 

 direction of Behring Strait. Captain M'Clure, in the Investigator, 

 rounded Point Barrow in 1850 (the extreme reached by Beechey), 

 sailed westward to Cape Parry, beyond the mouth of the Mac- 

 kenzie, then stood northward, discovered the southern shore of 

 Parry's Banks Land, and went up the narrow strait, called after 

 the Prince of Wales, between Banks and Prince Albert Lands, until 

 he reached some islands, where the Investigator wintered. In 



