TO 



THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE 



LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE, 



FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER FOR EXECUTING THE OFFICE OF LORD 

 HIGH ADMIRAL OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, %c. $e. &:c. 



THIS VOLUME, 



CONTAINING 



THE JOURNAL OF A SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 

 FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, 



UNDERTAKEN AND EXECUTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIS LORDSHIP, 



IS INSCRIBED 



WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, 



BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, 



WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY. 



London, March, 1824. 



