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mained only a few hours. No Esquimaux was forthcoming for the expedition, but Mr. 
Olrick told me that there was one in Disco Fiord who would come. 
“ Having purchased ten fine dogs (being all I could get), I went to Disco Fiord, and 
there got a native, but not the one who was expected. My man is 23 years old, by name 
Anton Christian—is a good dog-driver, and a willing sort of creature. 
Persecuted by calms and foul winds, I did not reach the coal cliffs until last night, 
and now bad weather has hastened my departure, but I have filled up with coals again. 
The Danes have been in the habit of getting coals along these cliffs for very many years 
past—hence the name of ‘Kulbrud,’ or coal seam. I did not find or look for the part 
where the Phoenix was taken to by Mr. Olrick. At Lievely I saw the captains of two 
whalers, whose ships were lost in Melville Bay, in June. I think I shall find no diffi¬ 
culty in crossing over to Pond’s Bay. The tablet is on board—it is very large, but 
being in a wooden case I have not seen it yet.* 
“August 6th, 3 p.m. —Hove to off Upernavik, and about to proceed on the voyage. 
I have now got 30 dogs, and have only to say good-bye, and beg you will ever believe 
me sincerely yours, 
“F. L. M‘Clintock.” 
We have been led away by the interest of the subject of Lady 
Franklin’s Expedition from onr immediate object in noticing the books 
and papers placed at the head of onr present article; and as we have 
so far transgressed, we shall ask our readers’ pardon for a few moments 
longer, before we introduce them to the rich stores of Natural History 
and Geology contained in the Appendix to Sir Edward Belcher’s Voy¬ 
age, and M‘Clintock’s Paper read before the Boyal Dublin Society. 
In Lady Franklin’s letter to Lord Palmerston, a request is made 
that the Besolute, providentially restored by the Arctic currents, after 
having been abandoned by Sir Edward Belcher's orders , and ready equip¬ 
ped for Arctic service by the munificence of the American nation, should 
be employed to complete the nearly finished search for the Erebus and 
Terror. This letter was written in December, 1856, and published in 
January, 1857, by permission of Lord Palmerston; the noble Lord being 
probably not personally averse to the request being granted: however 
this may be, an official refusal was given to the prayer of the sailor’s 
widow, though supported by numerous and influential naval officers 
and scientific men. 
In the memorial to Lord Palmerston, forwarded by Lady Franklin’s 
supporters in June, 1856, the following parallel is quoted, and is, we 
believe, unanswerable:— 
“ Now, inasmuch as France, after repeated fruitless efforts to ascertain the fate of 
La Perouse, no sooner heard of the discovery of some relics of that eminent navigator, 
than she sent out a Searching Expedition to collect every fragment pertaining to his 
vessels, so we trust that those Arctic researches which have reflected much honour upon 
our country, may not be abandoned at the very moment when an explanation of the 
wanderings and fate of our lost navigators seems to be within our grasp.” 
On the 24th February, 1857, the final refusal of the Government 
to aid in the search was announced in the House of Commons, in reply 
* “ This tablet is one which was put on board the American expedition under Captain 
Harstene, which was sent to meet Dr. Kane’s party, in 1855, by Lady Franklin, and was 
left by him at Disco Island. Captain M‘Clintock has taken it on to its original destina¬ 
tion, Beechey Island.” 
