"The House of Commons, to perpetuate the memory of this heroic man, unanimously voted a monument to be erected in Westminster abbey: had he survived, his name would have been included in the flag promotion which took place on the 4th of the following month. It is a singular coincidence of events, that Captain Harvey, and Captain Hutt, of the Queen, were companions in a post-chaise from London, on joining their respective ships, previous to their last cruize they both lost a limb in the action; died on the same day; and are both recorded on the same monument, raised by a grateful country to their memory.'

"The following anecdote is related of James Daley, a seaman of the Victorious, whose left thigh was carried away by a shot, so high up that a portion of the hip was attached to it, and the right shattered to pieces. On his way to the cockpit, he observed that one of the guns close to the hatchway was run out, and about to be discharged; he immediately desired the seamen who were carrying him down, to stop, which they did, when he requested to be allowed to have one shot more at the enemy before he died; after doing which,' he added, 'he would die content.' His request was granted; when he very content edly permitted himself to be carried down, exclaiming on the ladder, 'Fight on, my boys! fight on for your King and Country until you die.' On his arrival in the cockpit, he said to the Surgeon, 'Sir, I know you will do all you can for me, but I also know there is nothing in your power.' In less

than half an hour after, his gallant soul left this for another world."

"Captain Otway continued to command the Trent on the Jamaica station till September 1800, when he sailed for England with the flag of Sir Hyde Parker. During the six years that he had served in the West Indies, he is supposed to have captured and destroyed about two hundred of the enemy's privateers and merchantment, mounting on the whole 1000 guns. Nothing can mark the character of this officer more strongly than the following anecdote, of the authenticity of which we are well assured :-A party of seamen belonging to the Trent were on shore at Portsmouth returning stores, when the Master-Attendant of the Dockyard asked them how they liked their Captain; one of them replied, 'he was a man who would never deceive his crew, for if any of them deserved a couple of dozen, and he promised it, they were sure to get it; but that he did not make them polish shot or stanchions, and that he made the officers do their duty as well as the men.' Another of them observed, that

blew up at the battle of Aboukir, accompanied by the following letter:

'My Lord, I have taken the liberty of presenting you a Coffin made from the mainmast of l'Orient, that when you have finished your military career in this world, you may be buried in one of your trophies-but that that period may be far distant, is the earnest wish of your sincere friend, BEN. HALLOWELL.'

"On the bottom of this singular present was pasted a certificate written on paper to the following effect: I do hereby certify, that every part of this coffin is made of the wood and iron of l'Orient, most of which was picked up by His Majesty's ship under my command, in the Bay of Aboukir.

Swiftsure, May 23, 1799.'

'BEN. HALLowell.' "The astonishment that prevailed amongst the crew of the Vanguard, Lord Nelson's flag ship, when they were actually convinced it was a coffin which had been thus conveyed on board, will be long remembered by their officers: We shall have hot work of it indeed,' said one of the seamen ; you see the Admiral intends to fight till he is killed, and there he is to be buried.' Lord Nelson highly appreciated the present, and for some time had it placed upright, with the lid on, against the bulk-head of his cabin, behind the chair on which he sat at dinner, and viewed it with the undaunted mind of a great warrior. At length, by the tears and entreaties of an old servant, he was prevailed on to allow its being carried below. When his Lordship left the Vanguard, the coffin was removed into the Fou

11. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. By John Franklin, Capt.R.N. F.R.S. and Commander of the Expedition.

The narrative comprises all the particulars of the "Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22." Captain Franklin sailed to Davis' Straits, landed on the coast of Labrador, made preparations at York Factory, and proceeded across the country to Fort Chipewyan (whence Mackenzie set out,) where, being joined by Dr.Richardson and Mr. Hood, they got ready for their journey to the northward.

On the 18th July 1820, they embarked in three canoes; coasted the lake, entered the Stoney river, (one of the discharges of the Athabasca lake into the Slave river,) and dashing down the same noble streams which Mackenzie navigated, soon reached the establishments on the great Slave lake. Here, procuring Copper Indians for guides, and consulting with them, Captain F. determined to abandon his original intention of descending Mackenzie's river, and try a new route to the Copper-Mine river, not only to the eastward of Mackenzie, but of Hearne. But as it is

not

not in our power to trace their course, and the course of their many adventures, in these narrow limits, we shall only observe, that they visited the Copper-Mine River (334 miles N. of Fort Enterprize,) and Copper Mountain; attained the Polar Sea, lat. 67 deg. 47 min. 50 sec.N. long. 115 deg. 36 min. 49 sec. W. and sailed 550 miles along its shore to the eastward, and returned across the Barren grounds, in appalling distress, to Fort Enterprize. From the latter parts we select a few pages illustrative of the work.

On the sea voyage, along the Polar sea coast:-" August 1.--At two this morning the hunters returned with two small deer and a brown bear. Augustus and Junius arrived at the same time, having traced the river twelve miles further up, without discovering any vestige of inhabitants. We had now an opportunity of gratifying our curiosity respecting the bear so much dreaded by the Indians, and of whose strength and ferocity we had heard such terrible accounts. It proved to be a lean male of a yellowish brown colour, and not longer than a common black bear. It made a feeble attempt to defend itself, and was easily despatched. The flesh was brought to the tent, but our fastidious voyagers supposing, from its leanness, the animal had been sickly, declined eating it; the officers, however, being less scrupulous, boiled the paws, and found them excellent.

"After paddling twelve miles in the morning of the 5th, we had the mortification to find the inlet terminated by a river; the size of which we could not

ascertain, as the entrance was blocked by shoals. Its mouth lies in lat. 66 deg. 30 min. N. long. 107 deg. 53 min. W. I have named this stream Back, as a mark of my friendship for my associate. We were somewhat consoled for the loss of time in exploring this inlet, by the suc cess of Junius in killing a muskox, the first we had seen on the coast; and afterwards by the acquisition of the flesh of a bear, that was shot as we were returning up the eastern side in the evening. The latter proved to be a female in very excellent condition and our Canadian voyagers, whose appetite for fat meat is insatiable, were delighted.

"We encamped on the shores of a sandy bay, and set the nets; and finding a quantity of dried willows on the beach, we were enabled to cook the bear's flesh, which was superior to any meat we had tasted on the coast. The water fell two feet at this place during the night. Our nets produced a great variety of fish, namely, a salmon-trout, some round fish, tittameg, bleak, starfish, several herrings, and a flat fish resembling plaice, but covered on the back with horny excrescences.

"The portion of the sea over which we passed, is navigable for vessels of any size; the ice we met, particularly after quitting Detention Harbour, would not have arrested a strong boat. The chain of islands affords shelter from all heavy seas, and there are good harbours at convenient distances. I entertain, indeed, sanguine hopes that the skill and exertions of my friend Captain Parry will soon

render

render this question no longer problematical. His task is doubt less an arduous one, and, if ultimately successful, may occupy two and perhaps three seasons; but confiding as I do, from personal knowledge, in his perseverance and talent for surmounting difficulties, the strength of his ships, and the abundance of provisions with which they are stored, I have very little apprehension of his safety. As I understand his object was to keep the coast of America close on board, he will find in the spring of the year, before the breaking up of the ice can permit him to pursue his voyage, herds of deer flocking in abundance to all parts of the coast, which may be procured without difficulty; and, even later in the season, additions to his stock of provision may be obtained on many parts of the coast, should circumstances give him leisure to send out hunting parties. With the trawl or seine nets also, he may almost every where get abundance of fish even without retarding his progress. Under these circumstances I do not conceive that he runs any hazard of wanting provisions, should his voyage be prolonged even beyond the latest period of time which is calculated upon. Drift timber may be gathered at many places in considerable quantities, and there is a fair prospect of his opening a communication with the Esquimaux, who come down to the coast to kill seals in the spring, previous to the ice breaking up; and from whom, if he succeeds in conciliating their good-will, he may obtain provision, and much useful assistance.

River, as he probably will do, he will not find it in the longitude as laid down on the charts; but he will probably find what would be more interesting to him, a post, which we erected on the 26th August at the mouth of Hood's River, which is nearly, as will appear hereafter, in that longitude, with a flag upon it, and a letter at the foot of it, which may convey to him some useful information. It is possible, however, that he might keep outside of the range of islands which skirt this part of the coast."

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September 10.-About noon the weather cleared up a little, and, to our great joy, we saw a herd of musk-oxen grazing in a valley below us. The party instantly halted, and the best hunters were sent out; they approached the animals with the utmost caution, no less than two hours being consumed before they got within gun-shot. In the mean time we beheld their proceedings with extreme anxiety, and many secret prayers were, doubtless, offered up for their success. length they opened their fire, and we had the satisfaction of seeing one of the largest cows fall; another was wounded, but escaped. This success infused spirit into our starving party. To skin and cut up the animal was the work of a few minutes. The contents of its stomach were devoured upon the spot, and the raw intestines, which were next attacked, were pronounced by the most delicate amongst us to be excellent. A few willows, whose tops were seen peeping through the snow in the bottom of the valley, were quickly grubbed, the tents

pitched,

pitched, and supper cooked, and devoured with avidity. This was the sixth day since we had had a good meal; the tripe de roche, even where we got enough, only serving to allay the pangs of hunger for a short time.

"17th. We walked next day over a more level country, but it was strewed with large stones. These galled our feet a good deal; we contrived, however, to wade through the snow at a tolerably quick pace until 5 P.M. having made twelve miles and a half. We had made to-day our proper course, south by east, which we could not venture upon doing before, for fear of falling again upon some branch of the Contwoy-to. Some deer were seen in the morning, but the hunters failed of killing any, and in the afternoon we fell into the track of a large herd, which had passed the day before, but did not overtake them. In consequence of this want of success we had no breakfast, and but a scanty supper; but we allayed the pangs of hunger by eating pieces of singed hide. A little tripe de roche was also obtained. These would have satisfied us in ordinary times, but we were now almost exhausted by slender fare and travel, and our appetites had become ravenous.

22d. The body of the men "had halted among some willows, where they had picked up some pieces of skin, and a few bones of deer that had been devoured by the wolves last spring. They had rendered the bones friable by burning, and caten them, as well as the skin: and several of them had added their old shoes to the repast. Peltier

and Vaillant were with them, having left the canoe, which, they said, was so completely broken by another fall, as to be rendered incapable of repair, and entirely useless. The anguish this intelligence occasioned may be conceived, but it is beyond my power to describe it. Impressed, however, with the necessity of taking it forward, even in the state these men represented it to be, we urgently desired them to fetch it; but they declined going, and the strength of the officers was inadequate to the task. To their infatuated obstinacy on this occasion, a great portion of the melancholy circumstances which attended our subsequent progress may, perhaps, be attributed. The men now seemed to have lost all hope of being preserved; and all the arguments we could use failed in stimulating them to the least exertion. After consuming the remains of the bones and horns of the deer, we resumed our march."

At last weakness forced the party to separate; Mr. Hood, Dr. Richardson, and Hepburn, remained; while Captain Franklin pushed on for Fort Enterprize to procure assistance, but Fort Enterprize had been left desolate. Two, Vaillant and Credit, dropped behind in the snow, and the state of the rest may be gathered from the following:

"Scarcely were these arrangements finished, before Perrault and Fontano were seized with a fit of dizziness, and betrayed other symptoms of extreme debility. Some tea was quickly prepared for them, and after drinking it, and eating a few morsels of burned leather, they recovered, and expressed