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since next word underlined one takes for granted that Sir J. Franklin has made "the passage", or has made such westing that a certainty exists of his effecting it in the summer of 1848, and the other (the land one) is almost useless in as much as, should the lost party be any where eastwards of ? or Wollaston Land --there is no reason that they should not have reached the Mackenzie and communicated with the Post of the Hudson Bay Company near the mouth of that River, and through that channel have emitted intelligence of their safety.

The third, or that sent by Baffin Bay is likely to be of the greatest avail, but in connection with this attempt a plan has been put forward by an experienced Polor traveler

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