DES V * * *.
* * * * * into a * * * * *
printed form, which was a request in six languages, that if
picked up it might be forwarded to the British Admiralty.
Round the margin of this paper was:--
THE 25TH APRIL, 1848.
H. M. ships 'Terror' and 'Erebus', were deserted on the 22d
April * * opens to the N. N. Wd. of this, having been beset
since 12th Sept., 1846. The officers and crews, consisting of 105
souls, under the command of Captain F. M. Crozier, landed here
in lat. 69 deg. 37 min. 42 sec. N., long. 98 deg. 41 min. W.
This paper was found by Lieutenant Irving, under the cairn
supposed to have been built by Sir James Ross in 1831, four
miles to the northward, where it had been deposited by the late
Commander Gore in June, 1847. Sir James Ross' pillar has not,
however, been found * * the paper has been transferred
* * * this position which * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * was
erected.
Sir John Franklin died on the 7th of June, 1847, and the total
loss by deaths in the expedition has been * * officers
and fifteen men.
F. M. CROZIER, Captain and Senior Officer.
JAMES FITZ JAMES, Captain H.
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