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dispatched, will pursue a course too westerly to fall in with the lost expedition, although in land journies to the polar sea can success alone be looked for -- That the coast extending from the land of Boothia Felix (inclusive) to the mouth of the Copper Mine River will remain next word underlined: unsearched: and in that neighborhood in all human probability the unfortunate travellers are now dragging out a wretched existence -- That the expeditions have been planned more with a view to scientific exploration than the far more urgent call of humanity - and that if other steps are not taken without loss of time to succour the missing party - one hundred and twenty-six fellow men next word underlined: must perish miserably, and in a manner too dreadful to contemplate with out a shudder