Excerpt from Journal of H. M.S. Enterprise: Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin's Ships by Behring Strait, 1850-55 The general story of that weary search for the lost expedi tion, fruitless till the last forlorn hope, was told at the time so fully by many hands, that it is only necessary now to give a brief abstract of it, for the convenience of the reader, and for the better understanding of the origin and object of the particular expedition herein narrated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.