VI INTRODUCTION. 



and this account was not superseded till Capt. (now 

 the Ilev. Dr.) Scoresby published his account of the 

 Arctic Regions, and his history and description of the 

 Northern \Miale Fishery in 1820. In this excellent 

 work, section 1 of chapter ii is devoted specially to 

 an account of Spitzbergen and the islands immedi- 

 ately adjacent. One of the plates contains a survey 

 of Spitzbergen, the west coast being laid down from 

 the author's own observations. In the appendix to 

 this edition of Martens', a few extracts are given 

 relating to the animals of Spitzbergen and the sur- 

 rounding seas, from Dr. Scoresby's volumes. In another 

 of Dr. Scoresby's works, that in which he describes his 

 discoveries on the east coast of Greenland in 1822, he 

 gives some pictures of the " highly striking, interest- 

 ing, and indeed magnificent" scenery of Spitzbergen.^ 

 The voyage towards the North Pole by Captain 

 riiipps (afterwards Lord Mulgrave) in 1773, contri- 

 buted a good deal to our knowledge of the natural 

 history of Spitzbergen and the surrounding seas. 

 His journal of this voyage was published in the fol- 

 lowing year, and in the introduction he mentions the 

 assistance he derived from Sir Joseph Banks : " To 

 Mr. Banks I was indebted for very full instructions 

 in the branch of natural history, as I have since been 

 for his assistance in drawing up the account of the 

 productions of that country." In the appendix, there 



' " Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery, includ- 

 mg researches and discoveries on the eastern coast of West Green- 

 land, made in the siuunier of 1822, in the ship Batiin, of Liverpool." 

 Edinburgh, 1823. 



