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franklin’s encampment. 
I inspected these different traces very carefully, and 
noted what I observed at the moment. The appear- 
ances which connect them with the story of Sir John 
Franklin have been described by others; hut there 
may still he interest in a description of them made 
while they were under my eye. I transcribe it word 
for word from my journal. 
“ On a tongue of fossiliferous limestone, fronting to- 
ward the west on a little indentation of the water, and 
shielded from the north by the precipitous cliffs, are 
five distinct remnants of habitation. 
“ Nearest the cliffs, four circular mounds or heap- 
ings-up of the crumbled limestone, aided by larger 
stones placed at the outer edge, as if to protect the 
leash of a tent. T wo larger stones, with an interval 
of two feet, fronting the west, mark the places of en- 
trance. 
“ Several large square stones, so arranged as to serve 
probably for a fire-place. These have been tumbled 
over by parties before us. 
“ More distant from the cliffs, yet in line with the 
four already described, is a larger inclosure ; the door 
facing south, and looking toward the strait : this so- 
called door is simply an entrance made of large stones 
placed one above the other. The inclosure itself tri- 
angular ; its northern side about eighteen inches high, 
, built up of flat stones. Some bird bones and one rib 
of a seal were found exactly in the centre of this tri- 
angle, as if a party had sat round it eating ; and the 
top of a preserved meat case, much rusted, was found 
in the same place. I picked up a piece of canvas or 
duck on the cliff side, well worn by the weather : the 
sailors recognized it at once as the gore of a pair of 
trowsers. 
