Mat, 1859. ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION. 287 



There is some additional marginal informa- 

 tion relative to the transfer of the document 

 to its present position (viz., the site of Sir 

 James Eoss's pillar) from a spot four miles 

 to the northward, near Point Yictory, where 

 it had been originally deposited by the late 

 Commander Gore. This little word late shows 

 us that he too, within the twelvemonth, had 

 passed away. 



In the short space of twelve months how 

 mournful had become the history of Franklin's 

 expedition ; how changed from the cheerful 

 " All well " of Graham Gore ! The spring of 

 1847 found them within 90 miles of the known 

 sea off the coast of America ; and to men who 

 had already in two seasons sailed over 500 

 miles of previously unexplored waters, how 

 confident must they then have felt that that 

 forthcoming navigable season of 1847 would see 

 their ships pass over so short an intervening 

 space ! It was ruled otherwise. Within a 

 month after Lieutenant Gore placed the record 

 on Point Yictory, the much-loved leader of the 

 expedition, Sir John Franklin, was dead ; and 

 the following spring found Captain Crozier, 

 upon whom the command had devolved, . at 

 King William's Land, endeavouring to save his 

 starving men, 105 souls in all, from a terrible 



