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courage, ye marine worthies, beyond names of worthiness !' 

 —pp. 181, 182, 183. 



This is the third and last attempt of Captain 

 Parry to discover a north-west passage from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific ; but it is by no means his 

 last attempt at Polar discovery ; it has in fact been 

 followed up with an enterprise not more novel than 

 perilous — an attempt to approach the North Pole, 

 in which he will again appear, in the present nar- 

 rative, in that bold and fearless character, which, if 

 it fail of complete success, will at least most un- 

 questionably have deserved it. 



It may not be amiss, in closing the narrative of 

 this voyage, to insert a few desultory remarks 

 chiefly from the Appendix. During the winter 

 months in which the ships were shut up in Bowen's 

 Harbour, the respective officers employed them- 

 selves in collecting and arranging the observa- 

 tions that were made in the course of the voy- 

 age,* down to the period of their release, a very 

 brief extract from which must here serve. It is 

 almost unnecessary to say that all astronomical 

 observations connected with navigation were strictly 

 attended to by the Commander of the expedition 

 and his colleague Hoppner, by Lieutenants Foster, 



* There is no Appendix in the Second Voyage : the collec- 

 tions of natural history, and certain of the observations, are in- 

 cluded in the present one. 



