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be so heartrending as those of the fathers and mothers of the boys,
are nevertheless of the same kind. I have been deeply touched by the
uniform kindness and understanding of all the letters I have had from
the families of Knight and Maurer. They had the advantage over you
of having talked with their boys off and on for many years both about
their previous experiences in the North and about my ideas and theirs.
The grief of these two families is a good deal softened by this thorough
understanding, and I feel sure the same will be the case with you and
Mrs. Crawford if you can get as good a perspective as they have.

I hope you will not so far mistrust Allan as to fear
that a publication of all the actual facts will reflect on him in any
way. When the full story is known you will see for one thing how
wrong Mr. Noice's interpretations have been and, for another, that you
and the Canadian people have a right to the same sort of melancholy
pride in the story of Allan Crawford that the British public now feel
in regard to Robert Scott.

Professor J. T. Crawford,
168 Walmer Road,
Toronto, Ontario.