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though our exertions have not been crowned with complete ?uc- 

 cess, they vvill not be found discreditable to the naval honour of 

 our countrv. 



" I beg vou will be pleased to acquaint their Lordships, tbat 

 having proposed to survey the west coast of Davis's Straits, pre- 

 vious to mv return, and being desirous of losing as little as j)os- 

 sible of the remaining part of the present season vvhich is fa- 

 vourable for the navigation of these seas, I have not considered 

 it right to detain the expedition for the purpose of transmitting-, 

 by the Lee, a more full account of this voyage. I shall only 

 therefore add, that having accomplished the object no\v in view, 

 I hope to reach Englaiui by the first week in November. 

 '•' I have the honour to be, cScc. 



*' VV. E. Parry, Lieut, and Com." 

 Admiralty Office, Nov. 4, 1820. 



" Lieutenant Parry, accompanied by Captain Sabine of tlie 

 Royal Artillery, attached to the expedition, arrived at this nlh.fi 

 this morning. 



" Lieutenant Parry states, that the officers and men of I)nth 

 vessels passed the winter without any considerable inconvenieucL'^ 

 notwithstanding the intense cold (the thermometer liaving beoi 

 so low as 55 deg. below zero); and that only one man was iusi, 

 who died of a chronic disease of the heart." 



After sailing over t'le Croker Mountains of Capt. Ross, Lieut. 

 Parry gave to the continuation of Lancaster's .Sound the name of 

 Barrow's bound. 



On the north side of Barrow's Sound the voyagers discovered 

 a i)road cbaimel,up which thev could not descry any land, though 

 the weather was clear and favourable. To the land boim<!ed on 

 the west by this unexplored channel, and on the south by the 

 Sound, the name of New Devon was given. Nearly opposite 

 the channel, i. e. on the south side of the Sound, they (net with 

 another Ijroad iidet (nearly as broad it seemed as the Sound itscU), 

 on which the name of Regent's Inlet was bestowed. The ex- 

 pedition sailed up this inlet a considerable way. The land oppo- 

 site to New Devon was denominated New Somerset. Many 

 whales and seals were seen about this part. Other places disco- 

 vered, received names in honour of Major Rennell, Cajjt. Sabine, 

 and others. 



Among the curious discoveries niade, was an .American muvk 

 o\, on Melville Island, the' principal of the group of islands in 

 a cove of winch tins enterprising navigator wintered in 181!>. 

 Thi« animal has a large head and shaggy mane roseml)ling the 

 lion. It wa"> the only one of the species setn during the stay of 

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