108 Geographical Notices. 
fects of ~ current from the rivers of Northern a would be 
sensibly rom thence a course directly toward the North 
Pole or — as would appear most fable, shook be pur- 
sue 
After getting to the north of the Laachow Islands, should a Mer. 
Bay, 
carry the vessel through one of thats channels into the ‘Atlantic, In 
the event of any disaster to the vessel, the chances for the preser- 
vation of the lives of those on board are gre: gr eg than the 
at east from Behring’s Strait, as from the r Kolyma to the 
westward, Russian settlements are found near sho seetie ‘of all the 
rivers, where assistance can be procure 
Another route by which this voyage | can be accomplished is to 
follow the shore Soni Behring’s Strait to the mouth of the river 
Lena, and from thence directly north beyond Cape Sievero Vos- 
toschni; from thence to the westward toward Spitzbergen. After 
passing the mouth of the Lena, a vessel would receive assistance 
from the current of this river and the other rivers between the 
105th and 140th meridians. 
e effect of those large rivers in impelling the i — from the land 
was seen by Franklin in his expedition from Gre ear Lake in 
1826 down the eee river, and along the hte toward Point 
Barrow. In this expedition, he reached the longitude of 149° W., 
with but little deipitionant from ice on the 15th of August, At 
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eastward, with no land to obstruct their discharge northwa 4 
would =~ eed him to make the passage between one ocean 
‘The tinal of August and September are, I think, the best 
— pana explorations along the veges of the Are tic ih ee 
to che sortie ee cront: in a the Si isioBaks vishaky of Point Barrow. 
bids have also Teen taken aken as late as the 12th of October in lat. 
Deshnew, it Ga a 
Kolyma ees the coast of ren and ti through Bening i 
Strait to the nadyr river, Ae te dots of this Yeu e es though 
Shaularow, Billings, and others ware 
Ss this const, but were unsuccessful, and som Se acct 
