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pected from our increasing distance from the Mag- 

 netic Pole." 



On their return along the coast of America, they 

 crossed over to near Point Back — on the land of 

 Victoria, and traced that shore as far as Point Parry 

 — a space of one hundred and fifty-six geographical 

 miles ; but this land extended both to the east and 

 to the west beyond these two points ; and they 

 supposed, as before mentioned, that a wide channel 

 might divide the latter from Wollaston Land. Their 

 next object was the mouth of the Copper Mine 

 River, which they reached on the 16th of Septem- 

 ber, " after by far the longest voyage ever performed 

 in boats on the Polar Seas, the distance we had 

 gone not being less than 1408 geographical miles." 



Their account of the whole line of the Polar Sea 

 coast of North America, from Icy Cape to the Gulf 

 of Akkolee, is well worth perusing — but it is time 

 that the present volume should draw to its close. 

 The annexed small chart contains the combined 

 discoveries of Ross, Simpson, and Back, on that 

 portion of the North Coast of America, opposite to, 

 but divided from, the southern part of the island of 

 Boothia (itself a portion only of North Somerset), 

 which united must now take their place among the 

 numerous clusters that crowd the eastern part of 

 the Polar Sea, some of them to a distance northerly 

 yet unknown. 



It will be seen by the chart that Sir James Ross 



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