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INDEX. 



i. 434— Hoar-frost, i. 436— Fog, i. 

 440 

 Meteorological Tables, extensive series 

 of, i. (2) — Results of 12 years obser- 

 vations in the Spitzbergen Sea, i. 

 (48) 

 Meteorology, general remarks on, i. 

 345 — As a science, imperfect, i. 

 348 

 Millepora polymorpha, notice of, i. 



551 

 Minerals of Spitzbergen, i. (76) 

 MoiFen Island, description of, i. 149 

 Monodon monoceros, description of, i. 



486. See Narwal. 

 Morton, Mr Thomas, of Leith, inven- 

 tion for hauling ships on land, use- 

 . ful in discovery vessels, i. 30 

 Moscow^, visited by Richard Chancel- 



lor, i. 73 

 Mount Raleigh, discovered, i. 76 

 Mountains, altitude of, in Spitzbergen, 

 i. 96 — Danger of climbing, i. 100— 

 Jan Mayen, i. 158 — Elevation, ib. 

 Mullus barbatus, notice of, i. 541 

 Musculus, Bala3na, description of, i. 

 482 — Stranded on the coasts of Bri- 

 tain, i. 483 

 Mustering whale ships, manner of, ii, 



513 

 Mya truncata, notice of, i. 551 

 Mysticetus, Balajna, i. 449. See Whale. 

 Mytilus rugosus, notice of, i. 551 



Narwal, description of, i. 486 — Size of 

 its tooth, i. 489— Use of the tooth, 

 i. 491— Skeleton of, i. 493— Dimen- 

 sions of a narwal, i. 495. 



Navigation from Spitzbergen to Bri- 

 tain, remarks on, ii. 369 — Set out 

 from an uncertain point, ib. 



Neill, Mr Patrick, his examination of 

 a fin-whale, 484— Of aca'ing-whale, 

 i. 496— Of a beluga, i. 500 



Nelson River discovered by Button, i. 

 83 



Newfoundland discovered, i. (56) 



Newland, a name given to Spitzbergen, 

 i. 93. 



North, account of the progress of dis- 

 coveries in, i. 61 



North Cape, named by Stephen Bur- 

 rough, i. 72 



North Pole, nearest approaches to, i. 

 ll, 306 — Nearest approaches in Baf- 

 fin's Bay, Behring Strait, &c. i. 315. 

 Erroneous statements concerning 

 approaches to, i, 42 — Bias in voy- 

 agers to exaggeration, i. 44 — In- 

 stances of it, i. 42, 45 — Premiums 

 for approaching within one degree, 

 &c. i. 50, and within seven,&c. i. 53 

 — Acts of r'arliament and Order in 

 Council respecting premiums, i. 51, 

 53, and 71 — Close approach to in the 

 ship Resolution, i. 307 — abstract of 

 a journal kept in this voyage, ib. — 

 Open sea" at the, chimerical, i. 45— So- 

 lar influence not sufficient to dissolve 

 the ice around the Pole, i. 47 — Tem- 

 perature of the Pole, i. 360. — Only 

 way of reaching seems to be by a 

 journey over the ice, i. 54— Difficul- 

 ties with regard to rough packed ice, 

 answered, i. 55 — Evidences of such 

 a journey being practicable, i. 57 — 

 Instances of extensive journeys over 

 snow and ice being performed, i. 58 

 --60 

 North-east passage, remarks on the 

 existencQ of, i. 12 — Has been in a 

 great measure navigated by the Rus- 

 sians, i. 12 — Voyages attempted by 

 Europeans, i. 15 

 North-west passage, remarks on its 

 existen.ce, i. 16. — ^Yet uncertain, i. 

 17 — Arguments for its existence, i. 

 17 — Its discovery could be of no use 

 in voyages to the Pacific, i. 21 — 

 Might be of benefit to geography 

 and science, i. 22 — Premiums for 

 discovery towards the passage, L 53. 

 (68) 

 Northern passage between the Atlan- 

 tic and Pacific Oceans, remarks on 

 the existence of, i. 1 



■ across the North Pole, i. 40 



— First suggested by Robert Thovne, 

 i. 2 and 40 — List of voyagers who 

 have attempted it, i. 41 — Highest 

 latitude reached not exceediiig 81% 

 ib. 

 Northern lights, i. 416 

 Nova Zembla, discovered by Sir Hugh 

 Willoughby, i. 72 — Wintered in by 

 Barentz, i. 80 



