368 Notices respecting New Books. 
addressed to John Barrow esquire, Secretary to the Admiralty, 
and inclosing a list of the instruments which they begged to re- 
commend for the Northern Expeditions, that he was in the same 
letter recommended (not as Naturalist, but) as a proper person 
to conduct the experiments (with these instruments) on board 
one of the vessels. 
The day after Captain Sabine’s arrival ia London, (Nov. 19, 
1818) on the return of the Expedition, he was informed by Cap- 
tain Ross that he (Captain’Ross) had been ordered to draw up 
an official account of the voyage. Captain Sabine expressed his 
readiness to complete his papers, which were already in a state of 
preparation, and also to furnish information on every subject, 
whether connected with his duty or otherwise, which his know- 
ledge or curiosity had enabled him exclusively to possess; adding 
that he would accept no share of the emoluments arising from 
the sale of the publication. 
Learning a few days afterwards from the Secretary to the Ad- 
miralty, that the Board had decided that no account should ap- 
pear under the sanction of their authority, and had resolved to 
return the journals and papers to the individuala who had con- 
tributed them, with Jiberty.to make them public in any way they 
might prefer, ‘Captain Sabine wrote a letter on the’7th of De= 
cember informing Captain Ross of what he had learnt; and that 
he had thoughts, in consequence, of publishing a short narrative 
of the voyage. 
It does not appear that any answer was received; but, a few 
days after, it came to the author’s knowledge, that Captain Ross 
was at press, ‘‘ and had already printed observations which he 
(Captain S.) knew could only have been his.” © I immediately. 
wrote to him (says Captain S.), stating what I had heard, and 
remarking that, if he had got any papers of mine from the Ad- 
miralty nffice, then contents were not complete, nor in a state to 
meet the public eve; but that, if the Admiralty had given him 
any of my papers, I had no objection to prepare them for publi- 
cation and return them.’ 
Captain Ross sent him “ one paper, and only one—an abstract 
of the observations which Captain S. had made on the ship’s daily 
lat. and long. by each of six chronometers and their mean.” 
Captain Ross had obtained this document out of the Hydrogra- 
phic office. “It had been printed from.” The author recaleu- 
lated the results, making a few alterations, and returned them ; 
prefixing an account of the going of the six chronometers, which 
he had-‘under his charge during the vovage.—The acknowledge- 
ment of these observations is contained in the following letter : 
** Dear Sir,—Herewith you will receive for correction the 
proof sheets of the observations which you sent me for publica- 
tion, 
