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to about fifteen hundred species of plants, one 

 hundred and fifty birds, fifty quadrupeds, and a 

 considerable number of insects." 



Captain Franklin' and his party, having em- 

 barked in the packet from New York, arrived at 

 Liverpool on the 24th September, after an absence 

 of two vears, seven months and a half. Com- 

 mander Back, Lieutenant Kendall, and Mr. Drum- 

 mond, with the rest of the party, arrived at 

 Portsmouth on the 10th October. Franklin and 

 Richardson arrived in London on the 29th Sep- 

 tember, when the charts and surveys were laid 

 before His Royal Highness the Lord High Ad- 

 miral. 



Under the guidance of such men as those em- 

 ployed on the last two expeditions, it is not neces- 

 sary to say a word on the manner in which they 

 have been conducted. Information has been ob- 

 tained in every department of science, and quite 

 sufficient as to the main point on which they were 

 undertaken, namely, in general terms, " to amend 

 the defective geography of the northern coast of 

 America." The Arctic voyages had commenced, 

 and it was not unlikely that Parry, on his second 

 voyage, would make an attempt to proceed along 

 that coast, and it was deemed advisable that an 

 examination should be undertaken from the mouth 

 of the Copper Mine River to the eastern part of the 

 coast. The question has now been settled. The 



