CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER X. 



FRANKLIN AND RICHARDSON. 



Journey through North America to the Polar Sea, and along 

 the coast from Copper Mine River to Point Turnagain 331 



CHAPTER XI. 



FRANKLIN AND RICHARDSON. 



Second Journey to the Polar Sea, to the Mackenzie River, thence 

 westward to the Return Cliff, and eastward to the Copper 

 Mine River .408 



CHAPTER XII. 



BACK'S JOURNEY 



Through North America — Down a River not before navigated 

 by Europeans to its Estuary on the Polar Sea — Both now 

 known by the name of Back . . . . .461 



CHAPTER XIII. 



BACK'S VOYAGE 



Towards Repulse Bay — Shut up in the Ice, and floated oh the 

 Ice in the midst of the Ocean off the east coast of South- 

 ampton Island nearly a whole year .... 486 



CHAPTER XIV. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



1. Capt. John Ross's Second Voyage, in a Merchant Vessel. 



2. Select Committee of the House of Commons on that Voyage. 



3. Discoveries on the South Coast of the Polar Sea. By Mr. 

 Thomas Simpson ...... 508 



