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other of a large, middle-aged man. They were in opposite ends 

 of the boat, and not entire, as portions of the lower extremities 

 had been displaced, probably by wolves. Several articles lay 

 within the boat, including among other less valuable things, live 

 watches and two double-barreled guns one barrel in each loaded 

 and cocked standing muzzle upward against the boat's side 

 There was also a great quantity of clothing ; eight pairs of boots 

 of various kinds, and a number of silk handkerchiefs. In addi- 



DISCOVERY OF THE BOAT AND SKELETONS. 



tion to these, there were towels, soap, sponges, tooth-brushes, 

 hair-combs, gun-covers, twine, nails, saws, files, bristles, wax- 

 ends, powder, bullets, shot, cartridges, needles, knives, slow- 

 matches, bayonet scabbards, sheet-lead, a large quantity of sil- 

 verware, and numberless other things, enough dead weight to 

 break down the strength of any sledge crew. 



Capt. McClintock's surmises concerning these men are thus 

 expressed by him: "Of the many men, probably twenty or 



