318 ANXIETY FOR CAPTAIN YOUNG. Chap. XVI. 



also disliked preserved potato, and would not 

 eat it unless watclied, nor would he put on 

 clean clothes, which others in charity prepared 

 for him. Yet his death was somewhat unex- 

 pected ; he went on deck as usual to walk in the 

 middle of the day, and, when found there, was 

 quite dead. His remains were buried beside 

 those of our late shipmate Mr. Brand. 



The news of our success to the southward in 

 tracing the footsteps of the lost expedition 

 greatly revived the spirits of my small crew ; 

 we wished only for the safe and speedy return 

 of Young and his party. 



Captain Young commenced his spring explo- 

 rations on the 7th April, with a sledge party 

 of four men, and a second sledge drawn by six 

 dogs under the management of our Green- 

 lander, Samuel ; finding in his progress that a 

 channel existed between Prince of Wales' Land 

 and Victoria Land whereby his discovery and 

 search would be lengthened, he sent back one 

 sledge, the tent, and four men to the ship, in 

 order to economise provisions, and for forty 

 days journeyed with one man (George Hobday) 

 and the dogs, encamping in such snow lodges 

 as they were able to build. 



This great exposure and fatigue, together 

 with extremely bad weather, and a most difficult 



