. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform]. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. 490 CAPTAIN M' cirAP. xiii —namely, 'His Britannic Majesty's ships Ilecla and Griper, Commanders Parry and Lyddon, wintered in the adjacent harbour during the winter of 1819-20, A. Fisher, sculpsit.' At six commenced our re- turn, travelling upon flat ice nearly the entire way, accomplishing in ten days what occupied eighteen upon the outward trip, and reached the ship up
. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform]. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. 490 CAPTAIN M' cirAP. xiii —namely, 'His Britannic Majesty's ships Ilecla and Griper, Commanders Parry and Lyddon, wintered in the adjacent harbour during the winter of 1819-20, A. Fisher, sculpsit.' At six commenced our re- turn, travelling upon flat ice nearly the entire way, accomplishing in ten days what occupied eighteen upon the outward trip, and reached the ship upon the 9th of May;» Captain M'Clure and his party were thus the first to complete the North-West Passage—that is to say, they were the first who had actually traversed the Polar Seas from the westward to that point which had already ^ been reached, by former navigatora, from tiie east. The winter of 1851-2 was spent cheerfully by the crew of the Investigator in their far-distant home in Mercy Bay, and their health continued almost unin- terruptedly good. Their time was spent much in the same way as on the previous winter; and in spring, when game of every kind abounded, they enjoyed ex- cellent sport. Musk oxen were very numerous, and hunting these huge animals furnished them with amusement—dp'!ued, occasionally, with a spice of ad- venture. On one of these occasions, Sergeant Wood of the marines, while in pursuit of a wounded deer, unex- with a musk pectedly met a couple of musk bulls, which he suc- ceeded in killing, evincing the most soldierlike cool- ness and intrepidity during the entire transaction; having expended his ammunition, as one of the wounded and infuriated monsters rushed towards him, he fired his " worm" when at a few yards, but without much effect. The animal continued his advances, evi- dently, however, weak from loss of blood, till he had reached within six ieet, when, putting his head to the ground previous to his final rush, the sergeant,
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