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CORRESPONDENCE. 
II.—SAME TO SAME. 
“ Arctic Searching Yacht, 6 Fox, 1 
“ Goodham , Disco, Greenland, May 24, 1858. 
“ My dear Alfred,— I write you a few lines to say that we are in 
a fair way of pushing north again, and are all in excellent health. The 
spring has been late, hut the weather is now making amends to us. We 
have received newspapers from the whalers' 1 up to March 19, and also 
some fresh English beef and potatoes. Here I have got some light beer 
brewed for my crew, and intend sailing to-morrow morning for the 
Waigat Strait, in which there is a coal seam to tempt a visit. If I can, 
I will complete my stock of coals there, and then go northwards towards 
Melville Bay as fast as the ice permits. The whaler captains are gene¬ 
rous : they give us what they can share, but will not accept payment 
in return. I intend to touch here on my way home in September, 1859 
(D. Y.) to land two Esquimaux lads that I have taken with me as dog- 
drivers, so you can write to me next spring by the Hull whalers. But 
of this I will tell you more fully when I send home my last letters by 
those vessels. We shall be with them, in all probability, until we reach 
Pond’s Bay. The prospect of having something to do is most cheering, 
and if all ends well, I shall never regret the lost year. 
“ I do not see any mention of the ‘ Eesolute’ in the papers, so con¬ 
clude nothing was done by way of a ‘ Bhering’s Straits Expedition’ last 
year. Hor have I seen Maguire’s appointment to a ship. How that I 
have a whole season before me, and ample time to search north and south 
along the ice, I am sanguine of getting through to Pond’s Bay early, and 
of doing good work. The Chinese war has no charms for me. I have 
collected some few specimens for Carte, and for my own little studio, to 
be established at some future period, perhaps, and will send my gather¬ 
ings home in a whaler, lest the ‘ Eox’ should become a fixture, like 
many of her predecessors in the search. 
As I told you in my last letter, written at Holsteinborg May 6, it is 
my intention to complete provisions and clothing at Beechy Island for 
two years more, so that I may have one year’s supply to spare. The 
weather is now beautiful, and almost warm. In Mr. Olrik’s house the 
flowers in his windows are in full blow (inside the house, of course). 
I have some of his roses upon my table now. He is a clever and agree¬ 
able man; speaks English well, although born in Greenland. You will 
get this, I hope, in October, and, a month later, those letters which I 
intend to send home by the whalers. I am glad to see a farther reduc¬ 
tion in the income tax. 
“ Remember me to all dear friends, and 
“ Believe me ever yours affectionately, 
“E. L. M‘Clintock.” 
‘‘ill.—CAPTAIN M'CLINTOCK TO CAPTAIN COLLINSON. 
“ Yacht,- l Fox ,’ Holsteinborg , 
“ Commenced May 3, 1858; closed May 7. 
“My dear Collinson, —Our cruise hitherto has been short and 
sharp—most lamentably short, indeed, but, thank God, it is not at an 
