Records left by the " Fox." Ill 



the launch up before it, and leaving her broadside 

 on to the beach, with both bows stove in, and in 

 want of considerable repairs ; but the means were 

 all at hand for executing them. He left a whale- 

 boat, and added a record of his proceedings to the 

 many that had accumulated here during the ten 

 years between 1848 and 1858. In that interval 

 several exploring ships, employed in the search for 

 Franklin, had touched at Port Leopold as they 

 passed up or down Barrow Strait or Prince Re- 

 gent Inlet. McClintock found the harbour entirely 

 clear of ice. 



As I was looking towards "Whaler Point, and 

 thinking over its past history, my reverie was 

 suddenly disturbed by the captain, with whom I 

 went on shore. On landing, I found a tin cylinder, 

 red with rust, lying on the beach, which I rightly 

 guessed to contain the records. I picked it up 

 and strolled away, eventually returning on board. 

 On opening the cylinder I found a roll of paper 

 neatly marled 1 over, but thoroughly saturated with 

 water, and on unwrapping the outside sheet there 

 was another as neatly put up as the first, on which 

 I could just make out, in Sir Leopold McClintock 5 s 

 handwriting : — 



1 " To marl " is a nautical expression signifying to tie up 

 with twine or rope in a neat and careful manner. 



