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attempts of approaching the Pole, which will mew that fuck 

 opportunities are not uncommon, and it is hoped that they 

 will be more frequently embraced, from a parliamentary re- 

 ward of 5000 1. being given to fuch of his Majefty's fubjecls 

 as mall firft: penetrate beyond the 89th degree of Northern lati- 

 tude ; the Bill for which purpofe hath already paffed both Houfes 

 of Parliament'.. 



AS it appears, by the two firft collections of inftances,- 

 that I have had much converfation with the officers of 

 the royal navy, as well as mafters of Greenland mips, about 

 a Polar voyage, I mall now ftate feveral hints which have 

 ©ccallonally dropped from them, with regard to profecuting dis- 

 coveries to the Northward. 



The fhip mould be fuch as is commonly ufed in the Green- 

 land fimery, or rather of a fmaller fize, as it works the more 

 readily when the ice begins to pack round it. 



There mould, on no account, be a larger complement of men 

 than can be conveniently flowed in the boats, as it fometimes 

 happens, that- the Greenland veflels are loft in the ice ; but the 

 crews generally efcape by means of their boats. The crew alfo 

 mould confift of a larger proportion of fmiths and carpenters 

 than are ufually put on board common mips. 



- As it may happen, that the crews in boats may be kept a 

 eonfiderable time before they can reach either fhip or more, 



1 By the fame Bill,, a reward of 20,000 1. is given to fuch of his. 

 Majefty's fubjedfs as fhall firft difcover a communication between the 

 Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in any direction whatfoever of the Northern 

 Hemifphere 



I there. 



