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Land.  Perhaps it was the best that McClintock could there have done under the existing circumstances;  but could he have visited this side & taken one from Northumberland Inlet, he would have found his facilities much greater in gleaning information from King-Williams Land Innuits than with the Interpreter he had.  But with the best of Innuit Interpreters, it would have been impossible to make much progress in learning the facts known to the natives of the Lands he visited in the brief time he (McC) spent there.
I hold that two years is the least possible time that should be spent on & about King Williams Land to determine the most essential facts relating to Sir John Franklin's Expedition.
To do this would make the Voyage from its inception to termination 3 years & [[?6]] months duration.

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A Voyage could be made in two years & 4 months but one of 3 years 4 months would be one productive of [[underlined]] greater [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] more satisfactory results. [[/underlined]]
If I am successful in getting together the means for making this Voyage when I get back to the States, God preserving & aiding me in the undertaking, I shall make it.
Under way by the 1st of June 1863, my course would be for Hudson Straits, thence to Fox Channell - up it to Hecla & Fury Straits connecting

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by exploration as I passed along "Fox Fartherest" with the discovery of Parry in 1822.
Then penetrate through Hecla & Fury Straits to Boothia Gulf up it on the East side to Belot Strait, through it to the Western Sea down the East side of King Williams Land & there find Harbor for anchorage.
If I should fail to make passage through Hecla & Fury Strait, then stand for Repulse Bay making anchorage there.

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