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INTRODUCTION. 



when three loud cheers were given for the name of Henry Grin- 

 Hell ; and, as the echoes floated on the air, our good ship, now un- 

 der sail, bore me rapidly away. Thus I left my country to try 

 and accomplish that object upon which I had set my heart, name- 

 ly, the solving of the yet unsettled mystery connected with the 

 lost Franklin Expedition. 



I may as well say here that, throughout my narrative, all references to the Ap- 

 pendix will be noted by small numerals, indicating the explanatory notes. 



