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Second Class of Leopold of Belgium ; Gold Medals from 

 the Geographical Society of London, the Geographical 

 Institute of Paris, the Royal Societies of Sweden, Austria, 

 Denmark, &c. ; the Freedom of the Cities of London, 

 Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, &c. ; six gold snuff-boxes from 

 Russia, Holland, Denmark, Austria, London, and Baden ; 

 a sword valued at 100/. from the Patriotic Fund ; a sword, 

 value 200/., from the King of Sweden for service in the 

 Baltic and White Sea, &c. ; and numerous other acknow- 

 ledgments of his eminent services in the expedition to Baffin's 

 Bay in 1818, and his discovery of Boothia Felix and the 

 North Magnetic Pole ! Is now Consul at Stockholm, to 

 which office he was appointed in 1838." 



Franklin, Parry, James Ross, and Richardson, 

 be contented with your simple knighthood, assured 

 that you have no occasion to covet any of the 

 numerous honours and et ceteras carefully regis- 

 tered in Mr. Dodd's list, and knowing that your 

 merits are enrolled elsewhere. 



The result of all the nonsense about isthmuses, 

 theodolites, and holes in the ice, and the absurdities 

 to which they gave rise, have been completely 

 quashed by the persevering and energetic labours 

 of Messrs. Dease and Simpson, two officers of the 

 Hudson's Bay Company: their extensive discove- 

 ries are contained in a small volume which carries 

 with it the stamp of truth and modesty.* These 

 gentlemen have surveyed the remainder of the 



* Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of Ame- 

 rica, effected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company, 

 during the years 1836 — 1839. By Thomas Simpson, Esq. 



