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NARRATIVE OF A SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA, IN THE YEARS 1825, 1826, AND 1827,

BY JOHN FRANKLIN, CAPT. R. N., F. R. S., &C. AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION.

INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF A DETACHMENT TO THE EASTWARD,

BY JOHN RICHARDSON, M. D., F. R. S., F. L. S., &c. SURGEON AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS.

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL BATHURST, K. G., LORD PRESIDENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, &c. &c. &c.

THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE OF A SECOND JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF AMERICA, UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER AND UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIS LORDSHIP, IS, BY PERMISSION, INSCRIBED WITH GREAT RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, BY THE AUTHOR.

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Introductory Chapter ix

Official Instructions xix