CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 

 Ancient History of Greenland 2 



CHAPTER I. 

 The Voyage Outward , ] 9 



CHAPTER II. 

 Of the State of Greenland, as Insular, or Continental 4.7 



CHAPTER III. 

 Of the Natives of Greenland 52 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Of the Arctic Ice 86 



CHAPTER V. 

 Arctic Zoology 97 



CHAPTER VI. 

 On the effecting of a North- West Passage I49 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Of the Attempts which have been made to discover a North-West 

 Passage 218 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Of the Expedition lately prepared 240 



CHAPTER VIII.* 

 Of the only Route by which Success may be attained 256 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Of the Importance of Disko in the Case of Success 265 



CHAPTER X. 

 Concluding Observations on a North-West Passage 281 



