Show W F A ot or GUTTA the I 1 lat t expeditions in search of sir john joh D Fran franklin klip ba have proved the value of gutta gatta percha in a remarkable manner mann er each of them took out oat sledge boats of this substance for use asiong among the masses of ice fitted with a skate the boat served as aa a sledge floated it would carry cany five or six persons with ample provisions at other times it might be folded up or converted into a wrapper or bed tent safe ag against the cold that three or four men might sleep under its weight was i I 1 only eighteen pounds moreover after undergoing I 1 all the rough work of the voyage it returned to JE england not in the least damaged and in almost as good a condition as when she let left british banner |