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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. 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
ng to fall in with some ship or other, but all he found in Winter Harbour was a cairn, which contained a document, stating that Captain Austin's lieutenant, McClintock, had been there the preceding year. McClure replaced this document by another, which stated his intention of returning to England by the North-West Passage he had discovered, by Lancaster Sound and Baffin's Bay, and that in the event of his not being heard of, he might be looked for north or west of Melville Island. Then he went back to Mercy Bay with undaunted courage, to pass a third winter. By the beginning of March his stock of provisions was so 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. LVILLE ISLAND HOPING TO FALL IN WITH SOME SHIP OR OTHER BUT ALL HE FOUND IN WINTER HARBOR WAS A CAIRN WHICH CONTAINED A DOCUMENT STATING THAT CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S LIEUTENANT MC CLINTOCK HAD BEEN THERE THE PRECEDING YEAR MC CLURE REPLACED THIS DOCUMENT BY ANOTHER WHICH STATED HIS INTENTION OF RETURNING TO ENGLAND BY THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE HE HAD DISCOVERED BY LANCASTER SOUND IN BAFFINS BAY AND THAT IN THE EVENT OF HIS NOT BEING HEARD OF HE MIGHT BE LOOKED FOR NORTH OR WEST OF MELVILLE ISLAND THEN HE WENT BACK TO MERCY BAY WITH UNDAUNTED COURAGE TO PASS A THIRD WINTER BY THE BEGINNING OF MARCH HIS STOCK 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
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