CHAPTER XIV. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



1. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North- 

 West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions 

 during the Years 1829-30-31-32-33. By Sir John 

 Ross, C.B., K.S.A., K.C.S., &c. &c, Captain in the 

 Royal Navy. 



2. Report from Select Committee on the Expedition to the 

 Arctic Seas, Commanded by Captain John Ross, R.N 

 Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 28th of 

 April, 1834. 



3. Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of 

 America during the Years 1836-39. By Thomas 

 Simpson, Esq. 



Having put on record the title of the narrative of 

 this second voyage, together with the multifarious 

 personal distinctions, &c, any further notice of the 

 4 Narrative' of Captain John Ross (as he is simply 

 described in the Report of the Select Committee) 

 will be dispensed with ; and chiefly that the " se- 

 cond voyage " was a private speculation, not au- 

 thorized by any branch of the government, and 

 that the Report of a Committee of the House of 

 Commons preceded its publication ; it may there- 

 fore be supposed to contain the substance of the 



