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They produced a considerable sum of 8,000 pounds sterling.

When one remembered that the banks of Pearl Bay had been no more than skimmed, that coral was to be found on many parts of the coast, that nutmegs and vanilla could be produced in large quantities and that there were many other treasures in new switzerland one had to acknowledge that the colony was destined for a height of prosperity which set it in the foremost of the oversea dominions of great britain in accordance with m zermatt's instructions part of the sum realized from the sale of these articles was to be spent upon things required to complete the stock at rock castle and the farms in the promised land the rest about three-quarters of the whole sum and the ten thousand pounds coming from colonel montrose's estate were deposited in the bank of england

upon which m zermatt would be able to draw in the

future as he might require thanks to the communication which would soon be established with the capital restitution was made of the various jewels and moneys belonging to the families of those who had been lost with the landlord who had been traced after inquiry finally A month after the arrival of Fritz Zermatt and Ginny Montrose in London, their marriage was celebrated there by the chaplain of the Corvette.

Crossing France, Fritz and Jenny and Frank returned to England.

Preparations for the sailing of the Unicorn were drawing to a close, and the Corvette would be ready to set sail in the last few days of June.

both fritz and frank were received with flattering attention by the lords of the admiralty england was grateful to jean surmount for having of his own free will offered captain littlestone immediate possession of his island As has been explained, when the corvette left New Switzerland, the greatest portion of the island was still unexplored, save the district of the Promised Land, the littoral on the north, and part of the littoral on the east as far as Unicorn Bay.

Captain Littlestone was therefore to complete his survey, both on the west and south, and also in the interior.

In 1576 Frobisher explored part of the region, the work being continued by Davis, who in 1585 to 1588 discovered and explored the strait which still bears his name to the west of Greenland.

In 1610 Hudson, an intrepid trader and explorer, sailed into Hudson's Bay, and five years later Baffin sailed into and through Baffin's Bay.

The result of these two discoveries was to open up a very valuable fur trade, and for the next 200 years fur traders and whalers were practically the only men who went into the frozen north.

In 1818 the British Navy again entered the field for the purpose of mapping out the northern coast of America.

This was the introduction of Franklin to that sphere of work which, during the remainder of his life, he was fated so brilliantly to adorn.

The following year, 1819, saw him again facing the north, this time in company with Captain Parry, and with a well-arranged plan of operations.

Parry was to remain in the ships and explore at sea, while Franklin was to push along the shores of Baffin's Bay, making as complete a survey as possible.

For three years the work was continued, until by 1822 the party had travelled over 5,550 miles of previously unexplored country along the North American coast.