INTRODUCTION. 



XI 



A short time before I left London I had 

 the pleasure and advantage of an interview 

 with the late Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 

 who was one of the two persons who had 

 visited the coast we were to explore. He 

 afforded me, in the most open and kind 

 manner, much valuable information and ad- 

 vice. 



The provisions, instruments, and other 

 articles, of which I had furnished a list, by 

 direction of the Lords Commissioners of 

 the Admiralty, were embarked on board 

 the Hudson's Bay Company's ship Prince 

 of Wales, appointed by the committee, to 

 convey the Expedition to York Factory, 

 their principal establishment in Hudson's 

 Bay. 



It will be seen, in the course of the Nar- 

 rative, how much reason I had to be satis- 

 fied with, and how great my obligations are 

 to, all the Gentlemen who were associated 



