NARRATIVE 



OF AN 



EXPEDITION 



IN 



HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP TERROR, 



IN THE YEARS 1836-7. 



PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. 



The interest which had been excited by the 

 former Expeditions through the interior and 

 along the coast of North America, and the suc- 

 cessive information gained on every trial, induced 

 the Geographical Society to draw the attention 

 of Government to a proposed expedition for 

 completing the coast line between Regent's 

 Inlet and Point Turnagain. The project was 

 entertained, and I had the honour to be selected 

 to carry it into execution. 



On May 13th, 1836, I received my official 

 appointment to His Majesty's ship Terror, 

 then lying alongside the Hussar hulk, at 

 Chatham. She had been recently doubled, and 

 in every respect strengthened with the most 

 massive iron and copper fastenings, for a voyage 

 to the Polar Sea. Some alterations were now 



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