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the remainder had the crests or initials of nine 

 different oflScers, with the exception of a single 

 fork which was not marked ; of these nine 

 officers, five belonged to the ' Erebus,' — Gore, Le 

 Yesconte, Fairholme, Couch, and Goodsir. 

 Three others belonged to the ' Terror,' — Crozier, 

 (a teaspoon only), Hornby, and Thomas. I 

 do not know to whom the three articles with an 

 owl engraved on them belonged, nor who was the 

 owner of the unmarked fork, but of the owners 

 of those we can identify, the majority belonged 

 to the ' Erebus.' One of the watches bore the 

 crest of Mr. Couch, of the ' Erebus,' and as the 

 pemmican tin also came from that ship, I am 

 inclined to think the boat did also ; the autho- 

 rities at "Woolwich could tell (by her number) 

 to which ship she was supplied ; and as one of 

 the pocket chronometers found in the boat was 

 marked, " Parkinson and Frodsham 980," and 

 the other, " Arnold 2020," it could also be as- 

 certained to which ship they had been issued.* 



Sir John Franklin's plate perhaps was issued 

 to the men for their use, as the only means of 

 saving it ; and it seems probable that the officers 

 generally did the same, as not a single iron 



* These chi-onometers, according to the receipts in office, were 

 supplied one to each ship in 1845 ; but it is impossible to tell to 

 which ship the boat belonged, as the number is imperfect. 



