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No. II. 



efforts to ascertain the fate of La Perouse, no sooner 

 heard of the discovery of some relics of that eminent 

 navigator, than she sent out a Searching Expedition to 

 collect every fragment pertaining to his vessels, so we 

 trust that those Arctic researches which have reflected 

 much honour upon our country may not be abandoned 

 at the very moment when an explanation of the wander- 

 ings and fate of our lost navigators seems to be within 

 our grasp. 



In conclusion, we further earnestly pray that it may 

 not be left to the efforts of individuals of another and 

 kiudred nation already so distinguished in this cause, 

 nor yet to the noble-minded widow of our lamented 

 friend, to make an endeavour which can be so much 

 more effectively carried out by the British Government. 



We have the honour to be, &c.. 



F. Beaufoet, 



E. I. MURCHISON, 



F. W. Beechey, 

 Wrottesley, 

 E. Sabine, 



Egerton Ellesmere, 

 W. Whewell, 



E. COLLTNSON, 



W. H. Sykes, 



C. Daubeny, 



J. Fergus, 



P. E. DE Stzrelecki, 



W. H. Smyth, 



A. Majendie, 



E. FiTZROY, 



E, Gardiner Fishbourne, 

 E. Brown, 



G. Macartney, 



L. Horner, 



W. H. FiTTON, 



Lyon Playfair, 

 T. Thorp, 

 C. Wheatstone, 

 W. J. Hooker, 

 J. D. Hooker, 

 J. Arrowsmith, 

 P. La Trobe, 

 W. A. B. Hamilton, 

 E. Stephenson, 

 J. E. Portlock, 

 C. PiAzzi Smyth, 

 C. W. Pasley, 

 G. Eennie, 

 J. P. Gassiot, 

 G. B. Airy, 



J. F. BURGOYNE. 



