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to the judicious and plentiful provision of 

 stores and food which Captain Franklin had 

 made for us ; and gratitude for his care 

 mingling with the pleasure excited by our 

 success, and directing our thoughts more 

 strongly to his party, the most ardent wishes 

 were expressed that they might prove 

 equally fortunate. The correctness of Mr. 

 Kendall's reckoning was another source of 

 pleasure. Having been deprived of the aid 

 of chronometers, by the breaking of the two 

 intended for the eastern detachment of the 

 Expedition, during the intense winter cold, 

 our only resource for correcting the dead 

 reckoning was lunar observations, made as 

 frequently as opportunities offered ; yet 

 when we approached the Coppermine River, 

 Mr. Kendall's reckoning differed from the 

 position of that place, as ascertained on 

 Captain Franklin's former Expedition, only 

 twenty seconds of time, or about two miles 

 and a half of distance, which is a very trifling 

 difference when the length of the voyage 

 and the other circumstances are taken 

 into consideration. The distance between 



