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for their great exertions during the travelling 

 period. I told them I considered every part of 

 our search to have been fully and efficiently per- 

 formed. Our labours have determined the exact 

 position of the extreme northern promontory of 

 the continent of America ; I have affixed to it 

 the name of Murchison, after the distinguished 

 President of the Royal Geographical Society — 

 the strenuous advocate for this " further search" 

 — and the able chamj)ion of Lady Franklin 

 when she needed all the support which private 

 friendship and public spirit could bestow. 



23rc?.— The ice in Prince Regent's Inlet is 

 broken up into pack, but the prevalence of 

 easterly winds keeps it close in upon the shore. 

 The ice about us is very much decayed, holes 

 through it in many places. No reindeer seen 

 this week, and only two seals procured ; one 

 of them shot by Christian, the other was killed 

 by a bear, which ran off before Samuel could 

 come within shot of him. A fox, a gull, a ■ 

 couple of ducks, and one or two lemmings, com- 

 plete our game list for the week, yet our two 

 Esquimaux are indefatigable in the pursuit. 

 We eat all the birds and seals we can shoot, 

 as well as mustard and cress as fast as we can 

 grow it, but the quantity is very small. We 

 sometimes refresh ourselves with a salad of 



