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and were picked up by a whaler in Lancaster 

 Sound. 



In the spring of 1849, Lieutenant Robinson, of 

 H.M. S. " Enterprise/' then wintering at Port 

 Leopold, undertook a journey southward, along 

 the coast of North Somerset, and reached Fury 

 Beach on June 10th, in the hope and expectation of 

 finding traces of Sir John Franklin's people ; for 

 Crozier, the captain of the " Terror," had been a 

 midshipman in the " Hecla " with Parry in 1825, 

 and had shared in the toil of landing all the stores. 

 It was fully anticipated that at least some of the 

 companions of Franklin would have made for this 

 spot, but there was not a trace of them. 



The private searching vessel, " Prince Albert," 

 under Mr. Kennedy, and with Lieutenant Bellot of 

 the French navy on board, wintered during 1851-52 

 in Batty Bay, on the west coast of North Somerset ; 

 and in January, 1852, Kennedy and Bellot undertook 

 a sledge journey to Fury Beach to lay out a depot. 

 They reached the spot on the 8th, and found the 

 framework of Somerset House still standing and 

 entire, but the covering was blown to rags. They 

 lighted a fire in the old stove, supped and dozed 

 over it, and then set out on their return journey to 

 the " Prince Albert" in Batty Bay. In February, 

 Kennedy and Bellot started on a more extended 

 journey, and this time they remained at Fury Beach 

 from the 5th to the 29th of March, taking some of 



