THE 



EDINBURGH NEW 

 PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. 



Journal of a Voyage to Spitzbergen and ike East Coast of 

 Greenland^ in His Majesty 3 Ship Griper. By Douglas 

 Chakles Clavering, Esq. F.R.S., Commander. Commu- 

 nicated by James Smith, Esq. of Jordanhill, F.R.S.E. — 

 With a Chart of the discoveries of Captains Claverikg and? 



SCOEESBY. 



JViY late lamented friend Captain Clavering, previous to his 

 departure for the coast of Africa, drew up, at my request, a 

 journal of his voyage, and left it with me, with permission to 

 publish it in any manner I saw proper. I delayed doing so, in 

 the hopes that, upon his return, he might make it more fit for 

 publication ; but that event was destined never to take place. 

 He sailed from Sierra Leone in the summer of 1 827, and, it is 

 conjectured, that, soon after, his ship was lost, and all on board 

 perished ; part of the wreck was found on the coast, but no 

 other tidings were ever received of the unfortunate Redwing, or 

 her gallant crew. In her commander, whose short but bright 

 caxrccr-msis thus prematurely terminated, his country lost an 

 officer who, by his zeal in the performance of his duty, and 

 high professional acquirements, gave every promise of future 

 eminence, and his friends one who was not less distinguished 

 for his upright and honourable feelings, than for the most 

 amiable and affectionate disposition. 



Douglas Charles Clavering, the eldest son of Brigadier-Ge- 

 neral Henry Clavering and Lady Augusta Campbell, daoghter 

 of John, fifth Duke of Argyll, was born at Holyrood-House, 8th 

 September 1794. He entered the navy at an early age, and served 



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