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LETTEE FEOM TUB SECEETAKY OF THE NAVY, COMMUNICATING, 

 IN ANSWEE TO A SENvVTl^] EESOTJITION OF FEI3EUAEY (J, 

 1877, THE NAEEATIVE OF THE SECONJ> l<:XPi:niTION TO TIIIC 

 AECTIC EEGIONS MADE BY THE LATE CAPT. C. F. HALL, 

 DUEING THE YEAES 18G4 TO 18(;t). 



January 14, 1879.— Ordered to lie ou the tiil)le aud be printed. 



Navv Department, 

 Washington, January 14, 1870. 

 Sir: On tlie 6th of February, 1877, the fonowing" resohition was 

 adopted by the Senate, on motion of Mr. Sargent : 



Itcsolved, That the Secretary of the Navy furnish, through the Superintendent of the 

 Naval Observatory, a narrative of the second expedition to the Arctic Regions, made by'the hite 

 Caiit. C. r. Hall, during the years 18G4 to 1869, said narrative to be conijiilod from the manuscripts 

 purchased from the widow of said Hall by act of Congress approved January 215, 1:^74. 



The Narrative has been prepared in accordance with tlie resolu- 

 tion, and I have the honor to transmit the same herewith, accompanied 

 by a letter from Rear-Admiral John Rodg-ers, Superintendent of tlie 

 Naval Observatory, dated the 11th instant, and a communication from 

 Prof J. E. Noui'se, who was directed to prepare the Narrative. 

 I am, very respectfully, 



R. W. THOMPSON, 



Secretary of the Navy. 

 Hon. William A. Wheeler, 



Vice-President of the United States. 



