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unfortunate Franklin, and farther west the islands known as the 

 Parry Group, beyond which no subsequent expedition, with all the 

 modern improvements and appliances of steam, has been able to 

 proceed ; and lastly, they discovered Banks's Land in the south-west, 

 memorable as the furthest point afterwards reached by M'Clure 

 from the opposite direction ; an achievement which rendered certain 

 the existence of the long-sought north-west passage. Between this 

 land and the Parry Group there was stretched an impenetrable 

 barrier of ice, which from that time to the present has baffled every 

 effort of our ships, and is the only small tract remaining to be 

 navigated to render evident the practicability of the passage. 



But although the endeavours of Parry were not crowned with 

 success, as regarded the main object of the Expedition, yet it will 

 always remain as a bright feature in his distinguished career, that 

 he achieved the discovery of those two remarkable terminating 

 points the "ultima Thule" of the navigation both from the east 

 and from the west, which no ship from either quarter has yet been 

 able to pass. 



Parry in his route towards this terminating point of his disco- 

 veries had passed the meridian of 1 10 west, and the Expedition be- 

 came entitled to the reward of 5000, which had been offered by 

 the Government as an encouragement to Arctic enterprize. 



After an anxious and unavailing suspense in the hope of a favour- 

 able change in the ice, Parry put into port, to pass the first dreary 

 winter ever encountered by a Government expedition in so high a 

 latitude : and here the qualities of Parry, which among others so 

 peculiarly fitted him for the conduct of such an undertaking, were 

 displayed in a remarkable manner, iri the arrangements of the ship 

 and the establishment of those wholesome regulations for the health 

 and comfort of the crew, and for the occupation of the mind, which 

 he knew so well to be essential to the bodily vigour of the seaman, 

 and to the prevention of that fatal disease the scurvy, which had 

 almost invariably attended previous attempts to brave a winter in 

 the Arctic regions. 



Aware of the influence of personal example, he took an active 

 part in the theatrical entertainments which were got up for the di- 

 version of the crew, and being an excellent actor, he contributed in 

 no small degree to their success. On the other hand, he was inde- 



