xiv INTRODUCTION, _ 
and agents of that Company, resident on 
our line of route. 
A short time before I left London I had 
the pleasure and advantage of an interview 
with the late Sir Alexander Mackenzie, who 
_ Was one of the two persons who had visited 
the coast we were to explore. He afforded 
‘me, in the most open and kind manner, 
much valuable information and advice. 
The provisions, instruments, and other 
articles, of which I had furnished a list, by 
direction of the Lords Commissioners of 
the Admiralty, were embarked on board 
the Hudson’s Bay Company’s ship Prince 
of Wales, appointed by the committee to 
convey the Expedition to York Factory, 
their principal establishment in Hudson’s 
Bay. 
It will be seen, in the course of the Nar- 
rative how much reason I had to be satisfied 
with, and how great my obligations are 
to, all the Gentlemen who were associated 
with me in the Expedition, whose kindness, 
good conduct, and cordial co-operation, 
have made an impression which can never 
