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under the orders of an officer who commanded the 

 second ship in Parry's second voyage, and being 

 directed to proceed to the same portion of the Arc- 

 tic Seas where he had already been with Parry, it 

 is deemed right and proper to give to this expe- 

 dition a place in the present narrative ; and the 

 more so, as it furnishes a beautiful and striking 

 example of that obedience to orders, that calm and 

 uncomplaining submission, accompanied with pious 

 resignation to the Divine will in the hour of ex- 

 treme danger, and when the awful moment of death 

 is approaching — which, all so conspicuous in the 

 character of British seamen, are exemplified in this 

 voyage. 



In order to effect the object in view, it was de- 

 cided, as being the readiest and most simple mode 

 of proceeding, to send a small vessel to Wager 

 River, or Repulse Bay, under the orders of an in- 

 telligent officer, who, with a small party, should 

 be instructed to cross the Melville Peninsula from 

 one or other of the above-mentioned places, and 

 traverse, by land, the western shore of that penin- 

 sula, and the northern shore of North America, 

 to Point Turnagain. Captain Lyon having been 

 promoted for his services, was selected by Lord 

 Bathurst for this duty ; and the Lords Commis- 

 sioners of the Admiralty having appointed the 

 Griper, a gun-brig of 180 tons, to receive him, 

 gave him directions to leave the ship, during 



