332 Hall's Second Arctic Expedition. [ May, 
uttering his expressions of dislike, but with the modern develop- 
ment theory he never betrays the slightest acquaintance, but con- 
tents himself with making profoundly dark metaphysical phrases 
do the work which properly belongs to observation and induc- 
tion.” 
[To be continued. | 
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HALES SECOND ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 
F the many men who have won fame in Arctic exploration, 
none have manifested greater heroism and perseverance than 
Charles Francis Hall. His ardent faith, which persuaded him to 
believe in the existence of some member of the lost expedition of 
Sir John Franklin at as late a period as twenty years after the 
abandonment of the Æreġus and Terror, sustained him amidst the 
perils and hardships and disappointments of nearly eight years 
of life amongst the Esquimaux. Alone, with very slender means, 
he was yet able to obtain much important information regarding 
the fate of the officers and crews of that most unfortunate expe- 
dition, and to add materially to our geographical knowledge of 
the regions bordering upon the Cumberland gulf and the Bay of 
Hudson. 
The story of his last voyage in the Polaris, and his death at 
almost the furthest Northern point yet reached by explorers is 
well known. Of his first journey, in 1860-62, to the Cumberland 
gulf and Frobisher’s bay, he has given us a full account in his 
“ Arctic Researches.” But until now no account has been given 
to the public of his longest and most successful journey. This 
occupied a period of five years and six months, and upon his 
return home he began immediately his preparations for his North 
Polar expedition, and was unable to prepare an account of his 
travels, Fortunately his journals and notes, mostly carefully 
made and preserved, were in the possession of his family, and 
were purchased from them by the Navy Department under an 
1 Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition made by Charles F. Hall. His voy- 
age to Repulse bay, Sledge soneeeys k e e A kale of ig and oe and to King 
William’s Land, and Resid 864-69. Edited 
under the orders of the Hon. Secretary of the Navy by Prof. J. E. Nourse, U. T N. 
U. S. Naval Observatory. 
