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T H E F R A N K L I N E X P E D I T I O N 465
on the 7th January, 1881. Each of the regiments stationed
i n the Castle garrison was represented by a detachment of
twenty- eight men ( the 21st Hussars, the Royal A r t i l l e r y , and
the 71st Highlanders), and Her Majesty's ship Warden, at
L e i t h , furnished a contingent of one hundred Royal Marines
and sailors. The procession was also accompanied by the
m i l i t a r y band and pipers of the 71st Regiment, while a vast
concourse of sightseers thronged the entire route from the
starting point i n Great K i n g Street to the Dean Cemetery.
The coffin was of solid oak, and on the l i d was a brass plate
simply inscribed ' J o h n Irving, Lieutenant R . N . Born 1815.
D i e d 1848.' The chief naval and military authorities
were present, and also many of the leading citizens of Edinburgh,
and nothing was left undone that could add to the
dignity and impressiveness of the scene. Lieutenant Irving,
it may be added, was the fourth son of the late M r . John
Irving, writer to the Signet, a schoolfellow and friend of
S i r Walter Scott."
For the special benefit of future A r c t i c explorers, ignorant
of the canon formulated by the eminent navigator, the
late A d m i r a l S i r Edward P a r r y , as a result of his observations
during his first and second expeditions, I would now
quote therefrom: " The eastern coast of any portion of
Polar land, or what is the same thing, the western sides of
seas or inlets having a tendency at all approaching north and
south, are at a given season of the year generally more
encumbered w i t h ice than the shores with an opposite aspect.
Ships should be kept disengaged from ice so that they may
be at liberty to take advantage of the occasional openings i n shore,
by which alone the navigation of these shores is to be
performed with any degree of certainty. Time and later
experience have tended to confirm these views. One very
noticeable instance i n this connection was that of Captain
McClure. Had he, on reaching Cape Crozier ( Baring
Island) i n September, 1851, made a bold push for Cape H ay
( M e l v i l l e Island), instead of hugging the coast and thereby
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| OCR | T H E F R A N K L I N E X P E D I T I O N 465 on the 7th January, 1881. Each of the regiments stationed i n the Castle garrison was represented by a detachment of twenty- eight men ( the 21st Hussars, the Royal A r t i l l e r y , and the 71st Highlanders), and Her Majesty's ship Warden, at L e i t h , furnished a contingent of one hundred Royal Marines and sailors. The procession was also accompanied by the m i l i t a r y band and pipers of the 71st Regiment, while a vast concourse of sightseers thronged the entire route from the starting point i n Great K i n g Street to the Dean Cemetery. The coffin was of solid oak, and on the l i d was a brass plate simply inscribed ' J o h n Irving, Lieutenant R . N . Born 1815. D i e d 1848.' The chief naval and military authorities were present, and also many of the leading citizens of Edinburgh, and nothing was left undone that could add to the dignity and impressiveness of the scene. Lieutenant Irving, it may be added, was the fourth son of the late M r . John Irving, writer to the Signet, a schoolfellow and friend of S i r Walter Scott." For the special benefit of future A r c t i c explorers, ignorant of the canon formulated by the eminent navigator, the late A d m i r a l S i r Edward P a r r y , as a result of his observations during his first and second expeditions, I would now quote therefrom: " The eastern coast of any portion of Polar land, or what is the same thing, the western sides of seas or inlets having a tendency at all approaching north and south, are at a given season of the year generally more encumbered w i t h ice than the shores with an opposite aspect. Ships should be kept disengaged from ice so that they may be at liberty to take advantage of the occasional openings i n shore, by which alone the navigation of these shores is to be performed with any degree of certainty. Time and later experience have tended to confirm these views. One very noticeable instance i n this connection was that of Captain McClure. Had he, on reaching Cape Crozier ( Baring Island) i n September, 1851, made a bold push for Cape H ay ( M e l v i l l e Island), instead of hugging the coast and thereby |
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