TO 



REAR-ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS BEAUFORT, K.C.B. 



F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S., ETC., 

 THE HYDROGRAPHER OF THE ADMIRALTY, 



UNDEE WHOSE 



GENEBOUS SYMPATHY AND UNFLINCHING PATRIOTISM 

 THE VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS ENGAGED IN SEARCH OF 



SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND HIS GALLANT ASSOCIATES 



HAVE BEEN CHIEFLY' PLANNED AND EXECUTED, 



jig Narratiije 



OP 



THE LAST OF THE AECTIC VOYAGES 



is (BY PERMISSION) 



WITH FEELINGS OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE 



DEDICATED 

 BY HIS VERY' FAITHFUL FRIEND AND ADMIRER, 



THE AUTHOR. 



