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Art, XXXVII.—Geographical Notices; by D. C. Gmumay. 
Arctic RESEARCHES. 
i. Dr. I. I. Havzs continues to commend to public atten- 
tion the importance of sending out a new American expedition 
for the survey of the Polar basin, entering by Smith’s Sound. 
he following summary of his project is printed in the New 
York Tribune. ‘ 
“First: as to design. The design of the expedition which I 
have proposed is to complete the exploration of the entire 
Tegion northward of Baffin’s bay: to trace Greenland and 
Grinnell Land to their termination; then ascertain if other 
lands lie to the northward ; to explore the Open Polar Sea ; 
7 thence explored to within less than eight degrees ; that is to 
4 ‘ay, within 450 miles of the Pole. Independent, therefore, of 
} the value to science of this particular line of discovery above 
Am. Jour. Sc1i.—Szconp Serres, Vou. XLVI, No. 141.—May, 1869, 
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