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XXI. Some Account of a Collection of Arctic Plants formed by 
Edward Sabine, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S., Captain in the Royal 
Artillery, during a Pan in the Polar Seas in the Year 1825. 
By William Jackson Hooker, LL.D. F.R.S. L.S. and H.S. 
Communicated by the Council of the Horticultural Society of 
London. 
Read April 6, 1824. 
Tus scientific engagements of Captain Sabine in his late voyage 
to the Polar Seas, were such as to occupy his time so extensively, 
that it was scarcely to be expected that other objects could have 
been attended to: but, ever zealous and active, the departments 
of zoology and botany are indebted to his exertion and industry 
for many interesting additions made and collected in the coun- 
tries which he visited during the last summer. 
Captain Sabine embarked on board His Majesty's ship Griper, 
commanded by Captain Clavering, in May 1823, for the pur- 
pose of carrying on a series of observations on the pendulum in 
the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere. He first visited 
Hammerfest, situated near to the north cape of Norway ; from 
thence he went to Spitzbergen ; and afterwards proceeded to the 
eastern side of Greenland, the coasts of which country were ex- 
plored during his stay, from the 72d to between the 75th and 
76th degrees of north latitude. 
The specimens of plants collected by Captain Sabine at the 
above three stations, were presented by him on his return to the 
Horticultural Society of London, in whose library they are de- 
oo posited, 
