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and transport provisions to Sir John Franklin: and the greatest importance must consequently be attached to the propable [sic] locality of the Expedition, in order that the utmost possible dispatch may be exerted to reach it before the expiration of the summer of 1848. To effect this the Admiralty have determined to send one party overland by way of the MacKenzie, and two vessels with provisions, the one through Behring Straits, the other by Barrow Strait. From these vessels boats will scour the coasts East and West, while the land party will take the intermediate sections.

So far so good, and such expeditions are well planned, but rather we should say with the view to scientific discovery than to the cause of humanity