Introductory. E 
sex; in fact, during the time they were staying in 
London before our departure for the South, I lived 
in constant anxiety for the welfare of these children 
of nature. I expected any day to see them involved 
in some breach of promise case, or other complication. 
In Hobart, however, things seemed to run smoothly, 
and the Finns enjoyed themselves thoroughly. 
The day before we left I placed a large wreath 
at the foot of the statue of Sir John Franklin in 
Franklin Square. The wreath was composed of 
laurels, ivy leaves and white lily blooms ; with the 
wreath was placed a card bearing the following 
inscription—* A tribute to the memory of Sir John 
Enn КЕ KN KCH., Lieut.-Governor of 
Tasmania, 1837-43, from the Commander and 
members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898. 
* Not here: the white North has thy bones; and thou, 
Heroic sailor soul, 
Art passing on thine happier voyage now 
Toward no earthly pole." 
