In March, 1849, the British government offered another reward of twenty thousand pounds “to such private ship, or by distribution among such private ships, or to any exploring party or parties, of any country, as might, in the judgment of the Board of Admiralty, have rendered efficient assistance to Sir John Franklin, his ships, or their crews, and might have contributed directly to extricate them from the ice.” [Sidenote: _THE LADY FRANKLIN EXPEDITION_] Lady Franklin, whose devotion and courage had won the admiration of the world, offered two thousand pounds and three thousand pounds to officers and crew of any ship that should render assistance to her husband and, if necessary, bring Sir John Franklin and the party back to England. In the spring of 1849, she sent out provisions and coal for the use of the missing ships, and these were carried in the whaling ship _Truelove_, in charge of Mr. Parker, and were landed at Cape Hay on the south side of Lancaster Sound. In 1849, Dr. Goodsir, whose brother had sailed in the _Erebus_ as assistant surgeon, went north on the whaling ship _Advice_, under Captain Penny, and penetrated to Lancaster Sound, but was debarred from entering Prince Regent Inlet by the ice. The _Advice_ closely skirted the shores, and deposited provisions, but found no traces of the missing ships, and returned to England. In the meantime, the _Enterprise_ and _Investigator_, the gallant ships of the third government expedition previously described, were being refitted and provisioned for the purpose of going by way of South America to Behring Strait. Sailing from Plymouth Sound January 20, 1850, the _Enterprise_ under the command of Captain Richard Collinson, and the _Investigator_ under Commander M’Clure, made a comparatively fast run to the Pacific. By the middle of August the _Enterprise_ fell in with the ice. At Grantly Harbor, communication with the _Plover_ and _Herald_ determined Captain Collinson to proceed to Hongkong, there to replenish his stores and not attempt to penetrate the ice until the following April.