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ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. 



" The natives brought the dog along with them. As they came 

 across the land, when near Field Bay they found where this black 

 dog had lain down to sleep, and found also that, as he rose, he 

 walked around in circles, then struck westward, instead of the di- 

 rection of the vessel. This certainly shows that the dog had not 

 answered the purpose as guide to poor John. 



" How unfortunate this young man, John Brown, has been in 

 this matter ! Had he listened to the advice of either Captain 



B or his own companion, or to the warnings of the two In- 



nuits, Charley and Koojesse, this sad end of his life which I now 

 record would not have been made, 



" His age, I understand, was eighteen at the time of his death 0 

 His parents reside in France. 



" l Bequiescat in pace J " 



PARHELIA, OR MOCK SUNS, 



as seen at Field Bay, March 14, 1861. 



