tion the S. end of the needle P 0 *® 1 
ed in all probability—or down sue 
meridian, it would have conducted 
him to the concave tropical legions, 
and if far enough pursued, quite 
|through the sphere. 1 his position 
I is, I conceive, corroborated by many 
I facts, and one of which is, that the 
two feet of snow which fell on the 
5th of September hastened the rein¬ 
deer away to the southward ; where¬ 
as, when the autumnal scows begin 
to annoy those animals at the Hudson 
Bay settlements, they hasten away 
to the northward and northwestward. 
Neither Franklin, Mackenzie, nor 
Hearne speak oi the saltness of the 
remote sea they visited, my conclu¬ 
sion is, that, like Cook’s river and in¬ 
let, that sea is entirely fresh. The 
, unusual severity of the winder allu- 
! ded to, and contrasted with the mo- 
jderate winter in England,is corrobo¬ 
rative of what I have advanced in 
ny writing^ relative to the contrast 
of sim .iianeous seasons within and 
without. 
My map exhibits Copper-mine 
river beyond Greenland : whether it 
be where Hearne has located it or 
where I place it, it is equally remar¬ 
kable, that Franklin, on coasting 
five hundred miles eastwardly, must 
have been nearer Hudson’s Bay at 
the termination of his route, than 
he was when at Fort Enterprize ; 
the probable intervention of difficult 
starits, and a colder range of cli¬ 
mate, made it indispensable for him 
to return on his hack track. If 
Franklin visited the Athapuseow 
lake, he was then a considerable dis¬ 
tance beyond the apparent verge, 
according to my plan of geography. 
v_ Respectfully, 
John Cleves Symmes. 
Newport, Ky. Jan. 24th, 1823. 
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