EQUIPMENT OF THE SHIPS. 



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thoroughly examined, repaired, and refitted. A warming and ventilating 

 apparatus of the most improved construction was fitted up in each ship ; 

 and for the first time in the annals of Arctic exploration, both were fitted 

 with an auxiliary screw and engine of 20 horse-power. A plentiful supply of 

 fuel was taken on board for the purposes of heating the vessels and working 

 the engines. The vessels were also abundantly supplied with every requisite 

 for Arctic navigation — warm bedding, clothing, medicines, and an ample 

 store of provisions, including pemmican and preserved meats. These last 

 were enclosed in tin cases labelled "Goldner's Patent." "The miscreant 

 Goldner " already lives in history. It is known that a vast quantity of pre- 

 served meat supplied by Goldner to the Eoyal Navy was found putrid, and 

 was condemned by survey at Portsmouth, and thrown into the sea. There 

 is every reason to believe that the " Patent " preserved meats of the same 

 notorious tradesman supplied to the " Erebus " and " Terror " turned out to 

 be of precisely the same quality ; and that, trusting to them as a last 

 resource, the explorers had found in their bitter struggle with starvation 

 that the tinned stores they had relied upon were filled only with corruption. 

 But we dare not anticipate. 



On the 19th of May 1845 the " Erebus " and " Terror," each with sixty- 

 nine officers and men on board, set sail from the Thames. Of the officers 

 of both vessels there shall be much to say in the following pages ; and partly 

 for this reason, partly for the higher reason that each of them was a hero, 

 and deserves to live in the affectionate remembrance of his countrymen, 

 the following list of the gentlemen of the vessels is here given : 



"EEEBUS." 



Captain — Sir John Frankliu, Kt,, K.C.B. 

 Commander — James Fitzjames. 

 Lieutenant — Graham Gore. 

 Lieutenant — H. P. D. Le Vesconte. 

 Lieutenant — W. Fairholme. 

 Ice-Master — James Eeid. 

 Surgeon — Stephen S. Stanley. 

 Paymaster — C. H. Osmer. 

 Assist. Surgeon — H. D. S. Goodsir. 

 Sec. Master — Henry F. Collins. 



" TEEEOK." 



Captain — Francis E. M. Crozier. 

 Lieutenant — Edward Little. 

 Lieutenant— ^QiQOvgQ H. Hodgson. 

 Lieutenant — John Irving. 

 Ice-Master — Thomas Blankey. 

 Surgeon — John S. Peddie. 

 Assist. Surgeon — A. M'Donald. 

 Sec. Master — Gillies A. M'Lean. 

 Clerh in Charge — E. J. H. Helpman. 



Numerous were the festivities held in honour of the officers and crew of 

 the discovery ships during the early days of May. " Success to the expedi- 

 tion," greeted with the cheers of men and the tears of women, was drunk 

 at many a splendid board, and responded to by brave men, who vowed in 

 response that if the passage was to be won, they would win it. The whole 

 country thrilled, responsive to the hopes and the noble ambition of the 

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