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THE evils attendant on a hurried outfit and departure, as is the usual man-of-war custom, were in no wise mitigated in the case of the Royal Naval Expedition, fitted out at Woolwich, in 1850, to search for Sir John Franklin's Squadron; and a general feeling of joy at our departure prevailed amongst us, when, one fine morning, we broke ground from Greenhithe.
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Wellington Channel, Captain Penny, Griffith's Island, Cape Walker, Baffin's Bay, Lancaster Sound, Barrow's Straits, Lady Franklin, Melville Island, Beechey Island, Jones's Sound, Melville Bay, Assistance Harbour, Behring's Straits, Cape York, Cornwallis Island, Sir James Ross, Sir John Franklin, Barlow Inlet, Herr Agar, Cape Riley, Leopold Island, Prince Albert, Sir John Ross, Union Bay
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