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July 18.—It is intended that we leave here at the earliest moment. 
also Repulse Bay. I shall learn much practical information this winter. 
uly 23,1 o'clock, s.m.—A fresh breeze now prevails. We are now off 
for the west side of Davis’s Straits.” 
P. S.—Since the foregoing was in type, a later letter has been 
received by Mr. Grinnell from Mr. Hall. It is written from his 
proposed winter quarters, lat. 62° 51’ 80” N., long. 65° 04! 45” 
W., but the day and month are not specified. Hall had lost his 
expedition boat, but was in good spirits, hoping to prosecute his 
journey early in the spring. He claims to have discovered that 
Frobisher’s Strait is not a strait but an inlet. 
3. Capt. Parker Snow's Proposal to Search for the Franklin 
ftelics.—A. brief allusion has already been made in this Journal 
to the desire of Capt. Parker Snow of the British Mercantile 
in existence near King William’s Land, and the peninsula of 
Boothia. He even thinks that survivors of the party may still 
be found. Holding these opinions, he desires to go on the 
reach King William’s Land the first summer. ms 
A writer in the Tribune informs us that on account of inabil- 
4, McClintock's Arctic Soundings-—The London Atheneum 
for November 17, 1860, contains the following letter from Capt. 
McClintock, giving some particulars in respect to his attempt to 
Au. Jour. Sc1—Srconp Serres, Vou. XXXI, No. 91.—Jan., 1861. 
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