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"My anxiety forbade me to rest, & I went to the most northerly part of the Island, [[underline]] about three miles off, [[/underline]] where, taking a station on a rock about [[underline]] two hundred & fifty feet high [[/underline]], near some marks of the Esquimaux I perceived a Considerable alteration in the position of the ice within the last 24 hours Backs Journal," [[circled]] 400 [[/circled]] & [[circled]] 401 [[/circled numbers]] Shot Musk-ox -- "The island literally covered with plover black-breasted & brown phalaropes & a sort of large brown chick. [[end page]] [[start page]] ^1 ^(From London Daily Times Jan 11/56) The Last Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. The following is a copy of a letter from Chief Factor James Anderson to Sir George Simpson, Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land, dated First Resolution, September 17th 1855-- First Resolution, Sept. 17th 1855 Sir, I beg to state for your information that the Expedition you were pleased to intrust to my command returned here last night.