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CHAPTER V. 



CLAVEKING AND SABINE, 

 To Spitzbergen and Greenland — Hammerfest and Drontheim — 

 To ascertain the Ellipticity of the Earth, by swinging the 

 Pendulum ........ 125 



CHAPTER VI. 



COMMANDER PARRY'S SECOND VOYAGE, 



In the Fury and Hecla — Entered Hudson's Strait, Fox's Chan- 

 nel, Frozen Strait, the Welcome, discovered the Fury and 

 Hecla Strait — passed two winters, and returned . 144 



CHAPTER VII. 



CAPTAIN GEORGE LYON, 



In the Griper — Proceeded up Hudson's Strait, Fox's Channel, 

 the Welcome — Unable to reach Repulse Bay— Returned 213 



CHAPTER VIII. 



CAPTAIN PARRY'S THIRD VOYAGE, 



In the Hecla and Fury — Proceeded up Davis's Strait and Baf- 

 fin's Bay into Lancaster Sound and Prince Regent's Inlet, 

 where the Fury was wrecked, and he returned . . 233 



CHAPTER IX. 



CAPTAIN PARRY'S FOURTH VOYAGE, 



In the Hecla — As far as Spitzbergen — Thence in the Boats to- 

 wards the North Pole — Reached nearly the 83rd degree of 

 latitude, and returned ...... 282 



