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الصفحة 287 - Whoever finds this paper is requested to forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, with a note of the time and place at which it was found, or, if more convenient, to deliver it for that purpose to the British consul at the nearest port.
الصفحة 450 - This supply will raise the aggregate issue to 100 per cent, on the effective strength of the force ; and I have to request that you will be good enough to communicate this decision of the Government to the commanding officers of the various corps in your county, who should at once forward the prescribed requisitions to this office for such portion of the supply as they may be entitled to under regulation.
الصفحة 287 - W., after having ascended Wellington Channel to lat. 77°, and returned by the west side of Cornwallis Island. Sir John Franklin commanding the expedition. All well. Party consisting of 2 officers and 6 men left the ships on Monday 24th May, 1847.
الصفحة 282 - ... magnetical, meteorological, and other observations, subservient to scientific purposes, and for which instruments were supplied through the liberality of the Royal Society, have been continually and carefully taken, and every opportunity has been embraced by the Surgeon, D. Walker, MD, of forming complete collections in all the various branches of natural history. This report would be incomplete did I not mention the obligations I have been laid under to the companions of my voyage, both officers...
الصفحة 293 - Commerell and WAJ Heath, the whole under Captain Shadwell's direction, accompanied by a small detachment of French seamen, under the command of Commandant Tricault. They were encountered by a heavy fire proceeding from those guns I have already named as not completely silenced, as well as from gingalls and rifles ; but notwithstanding these and other serious obstacles presented by the character of the ground to be crossed, and the nature of the defences, 150 officers and men having reached the second...
الصفحة 293 - ... warfare, there is little doubt that the place would have been successfully carried at the point of the bayonet. Captains Shadwell and Vansittart and Colonel Lemon, RM, having been disabled in the advance, the command in front devolved on Commander Commerell, who, after consultation with Majors Fisher, RE, and Richard Parke, RM, and Commandant Tricault, having reported to Captain Shadwell that they could hold their present position, but that it was impossible to storm without reinforcements, received...
الصفحة 221 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
الصفحة 279 - ... to which we had been exposed. For several days after starting the mercury continued frozen. On the 2nd of April our long projected spring journeys were commenced : Lieutenant Hobson accompanied me as far as Cape Victoria, each of us had a sledge drawn by four men, and an auxiliary sledge drawn by six dogs. This was all the force we could muster. Before separating we saw two Esquimaux families living out upon the ice in snow huts ; from them we learned...
الصفحة 292 - I received a letter from Mr. Bruce, acquainting me that M. de Bourboulon and himself had come to the conclusion to place the matter in my hands, and requesting me to take any measures I might deem expedient for clearing away the obstructions in the river, so as to allow them to proceed at once to Tient-sin ; in consequence of which I acquainted the Tantai, that the ministers having arrived, and the obstructions still existing at the mouth of the river, I should proceed to remove them, using force...
الصفحة 276 - Sir, — I beg you will inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of the safe return to this country of Lady Franklin's Final Searching Expedition, which I have had the honour to conduct. Their Lordships will rejoice to hear that our endeavours to ascertain the fate of the " Franklin Expedition" have met with complete success.