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Leaving them there he went across the ice four hundred and seventy miles, and arrived at Isle Beechy, where, a few days afterwards, he took passage with twelve men on board the Phoenix, and reached London safely on the 7th of October, 1853, having traversed the whole extent between Behring's Straits and Cape Farewell." "Well, if arriving on one side and leaving at the other is not going through, I don't know what is!" said Hatteras. LEAVING THEM THERE HE WENT ACROSS THE ICE FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MILES AND ARRIVED AT ISLE BEECHEY WHERE A FEW DAYS AFTERWARDS HE TOOK PASSAGE WITH TWELVE MEN ON BOARD THE PHOENIX AND REACHED LONDON SAFELY ON THE SEVENTH OF OCTOBER EIGHTEEN FIFTY THREE HAVING TRAVERSED THE WHOLE EXTENT BETWEEN BERING STRAITS AND CAPE FAREWELL WELL IF ARRIVING ON ONE SIDE AND LEAVING AT THE OTHER IS NOT GOING THROUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS SAID HATTERAS
ason, 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. Lieutenant Craswell took charge of these and conveyed them safely to Winter Harbour. 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 LIEUTENANT CRASWELL TOOK CHARGE OF THESE AND CONVEYED THEM SAFELY TO WINTER HARBOR
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