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468 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN/
Schwatka would undoubtedly have discovered some definite
traces thereof. Owing to the many trying obstacles that
would have to be surmounted in taking dead men for such
long distances over very hummocky ice, and the difficulty
that would have been experienced in digging graves in hard
frozen ground, taken in conjunction with Sir John's well-known
kind and considerate disposition, I think it may be
safely taken for granted that under the then existing circumstances
this unnecessary and exacting labour had never been
demanded from the already suffering crews. On the contrary,
I firmly believe that when he found his own departure
was near at hand, he directed his successor in the command
that he himself, when gone, together with all those who might
be called hence from their ice- beset ships, should be committed
to the deep of the seaman's native element, earth's
great ocean, in which myriads of Britannia's children repose
until that day when the mighty sea shall give up its dead.
As no published account has yet reached Winnipeg of the
undoubtedly valuable scientific work, in connection with the
Magnetic Pole, performed by that able, enterprising and
energetic Norwegian, Captain Amundsen, who has since succeeded
in sailing over ( not discovering, as some papers
stated), and in his small ship accomplishing in its entirety,
the " Franklin " and only feasible North- West Passage, we
must content ourselves, in the meantime, by expressions of
deep admiration for, and the heartiest congratulations on,
his very successful achievement.
In the preparation of the foregoing paper on the birds
and eggs of the Anderson River region, the writer consulted
a " History of North American Birds " by Professors
Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, and in regard to the collection
of birds and eggs made by him in New Caledonia, B. C.,
and in Cumberland, lower Saskatchewan, Major Bendire's
" Life Histories of North American Birds," has received
similar attention, while Professor John Macoun's interest-
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| OCR | 468 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN/ Schwatka would undoubtedly have discovered some definite traces thereof. Owing to the many trying obstacles that would have to be surmounted in taking dead men for such long distances over very hummocky ice, and the difficulty that would have been experienced in digging graves in hard frozen ground, taken in conjunction with Sir John's well-known kind and considerate disposition, I think it may be safely taken for granted that under the then existing circumstances this unnecessary and exacting labour had never been demanded from the already suffering crews. On the contrary, I firmly believe that when he found his own departure was near at hand, he directed his successor in the command that he himself, when gone, together with all those who might be called hence from their ice- beset ships, should be committed to the deep of the seaman's native element, earth's great ocean, in which myriads of Britannia's children repose until that day when the mighty sea shall give up its dead. As no published account has yet reached Winnipeg of the undoubtedly valuable scientific work, in connection with the Magnetic Pole, performed by that able, enterprising and energetic Norwegian, Captain Amundsen, who has since succeeded in sailing over ( not discovering, as some papers stated), and in his small ship accomplishing in its entirety, the " Franklin " and only feasible North- West Passage, we must content ourselves, in the meantime, by expressions of deep admiration for, and the heartiest congratulations on, his very successful achievement. In the preparation of the foregoing paper on the birds and eggs of the Anderson River region, the writer consulted a " History of North American Birds " by Professors Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, and in regard to the collection of birds and eggs made by him in New Caledonia, B. C., and in Cumberland, lower Saskatchewan, Major Bendire's " Life Histories of North American Birds," has received similar attention, while Professor John Macoun's interest- |
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