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shot the one which had been lanced, when at the noise of these 
guns the whole circle bolted away except two, who stood their 
ground side by side long after the whole fight was ended, and 
even when the dogs were driven away from them and stones had 
been thrown. Instead of moving, each of these two kept throw- 
ing his massive head down between his fore feet, rubbing the tip 
of each horn against the fore leg as one would rub a razor on a 
strop. This is the animal’s habit unless he finds himself, when 
attacked, near some large stone which he may use for the same 
purpose of sharpening his horns.” 
On August 5th the whaler, Ansell Gibbs, arrived in the bay, 
and his five years of Arctic life came to a close: On September 
26, 1869, he, with Esquimaux Joe, Hannah and her adopted child, 
were safely landed at New Bedford, Mass. 
Having thus briefly indicated the most important events in this 
remarkable journey, we must note the at least partial success 
attained in the execution of the purpose for which it was under- 
taken. : 
While no records of the Franklin expedition were recovered, 
there were many new facts ascertained regarding the last days of 
the members of that wretched company who perished one by one, 
after the abandonment of the Zredus and Terror. As is well known 
these vessels were deserted by their officers and crews, then con- 
sisting of 105 souls, on the 22d of April, 1848, off Point Victory 
near the north-western extremity of King William’s Land. Capt. 
Hall in writing to Mr. Henry Grinnell, states : 
“ None of Sir John Franklin’s companions ever reached or died 
on Montreal Island. It was late in July, 1848, that Crozier and 
his party of about forty or forty-five passed down the west coast 
of King William’s Land in the vicinity of Cape Herschel. The 
his party to suffer and die for need of fresh provisions, when in 
truth it was in the power of the natives to save every man alive. 
“ The next trace of Crozier and his party is to be found in the 
Skeleton which McClintock discovered a little below, to the south- 
