. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. The Actiiob and ms Isscit CcMrxxr on Kodlunurn, or White Mans Island, gathering FrobiaherBelies, July 14th-17th, 1S62. The following list is an extract from the catalogue that accom-panied the Frobisher relics which I sent to the British govern-ment, through the Royal Geographical Society of London, shortlyafter my return to the States, and embraces twenty articles thatwere inclosed in a small black-vclvet-lined box, lettered J, which,with all that I sent, have been deposited by the British govern-ment in the Greenwich Hospital Museum, the sa
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. The Actiiob and ms Isscit CcMrxxr on Kodlunurn, or White Mans Island, gathering FrobiaherBelies, July 14th-17th, 1S62. The following list is an extract from the catalogue that accom-panied the Frobisher relics which I sent to the British govern-ment, through the Royal Geographical Society of London, shortlyafter my return to the States, and embraces twenty articles thatwere inclosed in a small black-vclvet-lined box, lettered J, which,with all that I sent, have been deposited by the British govern-ment in the Greenwich Hospital Museum, the same institution inwhich the Franklin relics are to be seen. The unabridged listcomprised 136 separate parcels. CONTENTS OF BOX FEOItieUFB EELICe. A PORTION OF THE RELIC LIST. 553 LIST OF ARTICLES ILLUSTRATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING EN-GRAVINGS. 1. Fragment of tile and 4 gravel-stones, united by the moss of ages. 2. Fragment of pottery, found near Bests Bulwark. E. See Chart, Plan No. 1. 3. Small piece of cord (apparently of hair), found deeply imbedded in the coal-dc- posite of Ek-ke-le-zhun. 4. Four fragments of glass (apparently of a jar or bottle), found on the ground near the ships way. The exact spot, Piece of oxyd of iron, with the moss of ages upon it, found near the shipstrench. AA. 6. Piece of wood, dug up at the foot or base of the ships trench. AA. 7. Sea-coal, with the moss of ages upon it, found near Bests Bulwark. E. 8. Piece of pottery, found near Bests Bulwark. E. 9. Fragment of white pottery (?), black glazTng outside and inside, found on Kod- lunarn, near Bests Bulwark. E. 10. Clioice specimen of tile, covered with the moss of ages, from Kodlunarn. 11. Sea-coal, covered with the moss of age
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