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Lieutenant Craswell took charge of these and conveyed them safely to Winter Harbour. LIEUTENANT CRASWELL TOOK CHARGE OF THESE AND CONVEYED THEM SAFELY TO WINTER HARBOR
o reduced in consequence of the utter scarcity of game through the severity of the season, that McClure resolved to send half his men to England, either by Baffin's Bay or by McKenzie River and Hudson's Bay. The other half would manage to work the vessel to Europe. He kept all his best sailors, and selected for departure only those to whom a fourth winter would have been fatal. Everything was arranged for their leaving, and the day fixed, when McClure, who was out walking with Lieutenant Craswell, observed a man running towards them, flinging up his arms and gesticulating frantically, and on getting nearer recognized him as Lieutenant Prim, officer on board the Herald, one of the ships he had parted with in Behring's Straits two years before. Captain Kellett, the Commander, had reached Winter Harbour, and finding McClure's document in the cairn, had dispatched his lieutenant in search of him. McClure accompanied him back, and arranged with the captain to send him his batch of invalids.  OF PROVISIONS WAS SO REDUCED IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE UTTER SCARCITY OF GAIN THROUGH THE SEVERITY OF THE SEASON THAT MC CLURE RESOLVED TO SEND HALF HIS MEN TO ENGLAND EITHER BY BAFFIN'S BAY OR BY MACKENZIE RIVER AND HUDSON'S BAY THE OTHER HALF WOULD MANAGE TO WORK THE VESSEL TO EUROPE HE KEPT ALL HIS BEST SAILORS AND SELECTED FOR DEPARTURE ONLY THOSE TO WHOM A FOURTH WINTER WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL EVERYTHING WAS ARRANGED FOR THEIR LEAVING AND THE DAY FIXED WHEN MC CLURE WHO WAS OUT WALKING WITH LIEUTENANT CRASWELL OBSERVED A MAN RUNNING TOWARDS THEM FLINGING UP HIS ARMS AND GESTICULATING FRANTICALLY AND ON GETTING NEARER RECOGNIZED HIM AS LIEUTENANT PRIM OFFICER ON BOARD THE HERALD ONE OF THE SHIPS HE HAD PARTED WITH IN BEHRING STRAITS TWO YEARS BEFORE CAPTAIN KELLETT THE COMMANDER HAD REACHED WINTER HARBOR AND FINDING MC CLURE'S DOCUMENT IN THE CAIRN HAD DISPATCHED HIS LIEUTENANT IN SEARCH OF HIM MC CLURE ACCOMPANIED HIM BACK AND ARRANGED WITH THE CAPTAIN TO SEND HIM HIS BATCH OF INVALIDS
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