150 Polar Explorations. 
Geological researches, were also pursued with an avidity 
not to be checked by the frost, which bound up s solid stra- 
ta in ten fold chains, nor by the oe covering of snow 
and ice upon the surface. all thes newly discovered 
to other extensive tracts , which have beets examined by na 
uralists. These facts strengthen the opinion that the sonic 
features of nature are every where the same; that they have 
been subjected to the same changes, and that ne =e agen- 
cles posal in forming the solid mass of the earth. 
“When t phenomena,” says Prof. Jameso panei “are ex 
amined in all their relations, and this beautiful and i saterésting 
department of natural science, is raised to its true rank, pro- 
ving that its relations connect it with the extensive arrange- 
ments of the planetary system—it is then that the patient ob- 
server is rewarded for his toils, and the mind obtains enduring 
and sublime views of t e deity, in contemplating the frame 
work of the universe.’ 
But little now remains to complete the survey of the shores 
of the frozen ocean, and from the examples of intrepidity, 
skill and perseverance, exhibited by those who have for the 
last ten years been engaged in exploring those inhospitable 
> eee = from the valuable additions thus acquired for 
oer be hoped that the zeal for discovery will not 
SESS en; and that those who have proved themselves quali- 
foe dem contend with the elements—who have so often defied 
by Capt t Jones, on a voyage of discovery to the the 
iusto circle. From the character of those officer g 
