May, 1859. DISCOVERY OF GORE'S RECORD. 283 



a small cairn built by Hobson's party, and con- 

 taining a note for me. He bad reacbed tbis, bis 

 extreme point, six days previously, witbout 

 baving seen anytbing of tbe wreck, or of 

 natives, but be bad found a record — tbe record 

 so ardently sougbt for of tbe Franklin Expedi- 

 tion — at Point Yictory, on tbe N.W. coast of 

 King William's Land. 



Tbat record is indeed a sad and toucbing 

 relic of our lost friends, and, to simplify its 

 contents, I will point out separately tbe double 

 story 'it so briefly tells. In tbe first place, 

 tbe record paper was one of tbe printed forms 

 usually supplied to discovery sbips for tbe pur- 

 pose of being enclosed in bottles and tbrown 

 overboard at sea, in. order to ascertain tbe set 

 of tbe currents, blanks being left for tbe date 

 and position ; any person finding one of tbese re- 

 cords is requested to forward it to tbe Secretary 

 of tbe Admiralty, witb a note of time and place ; 

 and tbis request is printed upon it in six dif- 

 ferent languages. Upon it was written, appa- 

 rently by Lieutenant Gore, as follows : — 



"28 of May, 



1847. 



H. M. sbips 'Erebus' and 'Terror' win- 

 tered in tbe ice in lat. 70° 05' N., long. 

 98° 23' W. 



Having wintered in 1846-7 at Beechey Island, in 

 lat. 74° 43' 28" N., long. 91° 39' 15" W., after having 



