302 HON. CAPTAIN PHIPPS. 



a.d. eluding a seconds' pendulum, with which Mr. 

 Graham, the inventor of the mercurial com- 

 pensation pendulum, had made some of his 

 most valuable observations in London. In short, 

 every consideration that could tend to render 

 successful and complete so important an ex- 

 pedition was bestowed upon it. And when 

 we reflect on the ample manner in which every- 

 thing was provided, as compared with the earlier 

 expeditions, the size and strength of the ves- 

 sels, the number of the seamen, the improve- 

 ment in the provision, and in short, in every 

 other respect, — we must confess that, as far 

 human efforts could be made available, there 

 was every reason to believe that more would now 

 be accomplished than had hitherto been per- 

 formed, and that this expedition would have the 

 advantage of all that had preceded it. 



On the 26th May, Captain Phipps received 

 instructions from the Admiralty, to take the 

 Carcass under his command, and to proceed to 

 the North Pole, or as far towards it, and as 

 nearly upon the meridian of Greenwich, as the 

 ice, or other obstructions would admit. In 

 the event of being successful in this under- 

 taking, or even in finding an open navigation 

 beyond the Pole, he was not to proceed any fur- 

 ther, but to secure his return to England at all 



