LETTER IX. 



EXTRACT FROM THE "MONITEUR." OF THE 3IST JULY. 



I have received a copy of the "Moniteur" of the 31st 

 July, containing so graphic an account of the voyage of the 

 "Heine Hortense" towards Jan Mayen, and of the catastrophe 

 to her tender the " Saxon," — in consequence of which the 

 corvette was compelled to abandon her voyage to the North- 

 ward, — that I must forward it to you. 



( Translation.) 



" Voyage of Discovery along the Banquise, north of Iceland : 

 bv ' La Reine Hortense.' 



" It fell to the lot of an officer of the French navy, M. 

 Jules de Blosseville, to attempt to explore those distant 

 parts, and to shed an interest over them, both by his dis- 

 coveries and by his tragical and premature end. 



In the spring of 1833, on the breaking up of a frost, ' La 

 Lilloise] under the command of that brave officer, suc- 

 ceeded in passing through the Banquise, nearly up to lati- 

 tude 69 , and in surveying about thirty leagues of coast to 

 the south of that latitude. After having returned to her 

 anchorage off the coast of Iceland, he sailed again in July 

 for a second attempt. From that time nothing has been 



heard of ' La Lilloise? 



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The following year the ' Bordelaise' was sent to look 

 for the ' Lilloise' but found the whole north of Iceland 

 blocked up by ice-fields ; and returned, having been 



stopped in the latitude of the North Cape. 



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