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This journey will involve to Dr. King no inconsiderable amount of danger and hardship, and the probability of either wintering with the Esquimaux or returning to the interior by a long winter journey on snow shoes. It is impossible to carry out provisions to the lost party by that route, for the country to be passed through is so utterly barren and destitute of game, that it could not support a party which must necessarily be very large, for on mens shoulders must all the provisions be carried. Therefore, Dr Kings plan is not to attempt to carry provisions but to inform Sir J Franklin where they may be found, next part of this sentence added from the left margin: to supply him with guides to the Great Lakes of the interior where the whole of his large party will find subsistence. The route proposed by Dr King is by the Great Fish River, which is the shortest