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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