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I. I, Hayes on the Passage to the North Pole. 385 
Prove, that on different occasions since the efforts of the commer- 
cial world had been directed to the Polar seas, the ice had been 
0 as to admit the passage of vessels to an extremely 
supposed perpetual Ice Barrier, finding an open sea, navigable 
even 
salts of Hull, and of Amsterdam, and of Leith, found their sto- 
ing influence, and he prevailed upon the President of the Society 
to make representation to Lord Sandwich, then at the head of 
that water-fowl were seen flying to the northward, evidently in 
Search of warmer latitudes. Those who had been to the region 
*ssured him that the north winds were often warm, and that a 
ale from that direction brought frequently a heavy sea, which, 
it Was assumed, could not be the case if the water were covered 
) 1e; and lastly, he produced a number of instances of posi- 
five proof from ‘the personal observations of those with whom 
“Jad communicated. In his first two papers it was shown, 
: that four vessels had penetrated to the parallel 81° 30’, seven to 
. os and upward, three to 83° and upward, six in company to 
86°, three to 88°, two to 89°, and one to 89° 30’, besides many 
ers brought forward subsequently. He even went so far as 
assert, that a ship had once gone two degrees beyond the Pole, 
and exhibited a map published under the auspices of the Royal 
Academy of Berlin, placing a ship at latitude 90°. 
It would be important in the consideration of the question of 
The the subject haye never attached much importance to them. 
late Dr. Scoresby, whose energy and sagacity as a navigator 
Were only exceeded by his truthfulness and impartiality as a 
_ SPOOND SERIES, Vor. XXV, No. 75.—MAY, 1858 
