. The last of the Arctic voyages [microform] : being a narrative of the expedition in Assistance under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, , in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Assistance (Ship); Assistance (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. - ~i:JZi'"'*'»*=^-â'- .^-^fa«mi^i«^i535aaai I .i^ 1 j f !fe J â â i i it / f tf '1 ; 1 i 1 4 )l r 1 â¢!( i;l If i!j :i f Mi fii â -it '^ I!. 132 A IIAHK SHOT. [Mftrr/i, near Tlninilton Isliiiid late in August. Hut to my m
. The last of the Arctic voyages [microform] : being a narrative of the expedition in Assistance under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, , in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Assistance (Ship); Assistance (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. - ~i:JZi'"'*'»*=^-â'- .^-^fa«mi^i«^i535aaai I .i^ 1 j f !fe J â â i i it / f tf '1 ; 1 i 1 4 )l r 1 â¢!( i;l If i!j :i f Mi fii â -it '^ I!. 132 A IIAHK SHOT. [Mftrr/i, near Tlninilton Isliiiid late in August. Hut to my mind the cause is very clearâas clear as the North Sea and Britisli Cluuinel flood-tides meetiuy; at hii>li water near Dover. North of oiu' present position, the flood-tide sets in from the I'olar Sea and Lrings its warmer oceanic water ; southerly, the flood has to pass up Lancaster Sound, then to be deflected up this channel, and makes high water somewhere between this and Becchey Island; lu'nce the inaction hi this particular neighbourhood when ti:<' sea may be open both adore and /jc/o/o, and oven if open ofY-shore, may never release this ship from her pre- sent })rison. But until every matter requisite for her extraction is foirly prcpai-ed, and nothing left but taking advantage of the first lead, I do not quit my post here. March my Coxswain, George Stares, one of Sir John ILchardson's crew in Canada, asked permis- sion to take the gun to try for some game for me, and before noon returned with a fine vouu"; hare of last sea- son, a male, weighing ten pounds, but when his skin and entrails, etc., were taken aw^ay, not above four pounds of meat remained; his food had been lichens, grass, etc. The arrival was somewhat opportune, as the very nien- tiou of food had become almost unpleasant; but the hare, if not overcooked, I could attenqit, and with some degree of (joiit. The evil of all the preserved meats supplied for this service is, their
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