to reach tlie North Pole in 1827. ST7 



be seen from comparing our accounts, his ship being closely beset, near the 

 Seven Islands, for several days about the beginning of August; whereas the 

 Hecla, in the beginning of June, sailed about in the same neighbourhood 

 without obstruction, and, before the close of July, not a piece of ice could be 

 seen from Little Table Island. 



" I may add, in conclusion, that, before the middle of August, when we left 

 the ice in our boats, a ship might have sailed to the latitude of 82^, almost 

 without touching a piece of ice ; and it was the general opinion among us, that, 

 by the end of that month, it would probably have been no very difficult mat- 

 ter to reach the parallel of 83*, about the meridian of the Seven Islands. 



An appendix of eighty pages accompanies the narrative, con- 

 taining, 1. Meteorological journals ; 2. Notice respecting chrono- 

 meters ; 3. Observations on the dip of the magnetic needle ; 4. 

 Observations on the variation of the magnetic needle made on 

 shore, or on the ice, 1827 ; 5. Observations on the diurnal varia- 

 tion of the horizontal magnetic needle at Spitzbergen 1827 ; 6. 

 Observations on the diurnal changes of intensity in the horizon- 

 tal magnetic needle at Spitzbergen 1827; 7. Temperature and 

 specific gravity of sea water below the surface, 1827. To these 

 follow observations on zoology by Captain Ross, on the plants 

 collected during the expedition by Dr Hooker, and on the rocks 

 and minerals by Professor Jameson. 



Having already greatly exceeded our limits, we must delay 

 giving an account of the more scientific department of the work 

 until a future opportunity. The plan of reaching the North 

 Pole being for the present abandoned, we hope that Govern- 

 ment will not allow the experience and skill acquired by Cap- 

 tain Parry and his officers in the Arctic Regions to be lost It is 

 therefore the duty, as it is, we trust, the intention of the Admi- 

 ralty, speedily to call them again to similar enterprizes. The 

 examination of the east coast of West or Old Greenland, of 

 Spitzbergen, and the sea and fishing-ground to the eastward of 

 that interesting island, are objects worthy the attention of the 

 nation, and the accomplishment of which would shed a lustre on 

 the name and elevated rank of the Lord High Admiral of 

 England. 



