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of that passage on the 7th May, 1631. The 

 vessel selected by him for the occasion was His 

 Majesty's pinnace the Charles, of the burthen of 

 80 tons, which was manned with twenty men and 

 two boys, victualled for eighteen months, and 

 " the best forcondition and quality, especially for 

 " this voyage, that the world could afford." 

 Capt. Foxe arrived in the Downs, on his return 

 from this expedition, on the 31st day of October, 

 in the same year in which he departed from this 

 country, the result of his voyage, as Barrow 

 states, having evidently disappointed those who 

 had been instrumental in promoting it. He had, 

 however, the honour of being admitted into the 

 presence of His Majesty, to give an account of 

 his undertaking ; and he subsequently published 

 the history not only of his own voyage but of the 

 various discoveries made by others, in the en- 

 deavour to find a North- West Passage. This 

 History, " printed by his Majestie's command,*' 

 appeared in 1635, under the affected title of 

 " North-West Fox, or Fox from the North-West 

 "Passage," &c.* Barrow thus characterizes 

 our author, " He was a keen shrewd York- 

 " shireman, and evidently a man of conside- 



For the loan of a copy of this curious work, the author has been in- 

 debted to his friend, John Broadley, Esq. of South-Ella Hall, near Hull. 

 It is contained in 272 pages (the last two not being numbered,) of fools- 

 cap 4to., those from 169 to 270 inclusive, being occupied with an account 



