INTRODUCTION. 



His Majesty's Government having deter- 

 mined upon sending an Expedition from 

 the Shores of Hudson's Bay by land, to 

 explore the Northern Coast of America, 

 from the Mouth of the Copper-Mine River 

 to the eastward, I had the honour to be ap- 

 pointed to this service by Earl Bathurst, on 

 the recommendation of the Lords Com- 

 missioners of the Admiralty: who, at the 

 same time, nominated Doctor John Ri- 

 chardson, a Surgeon in the Royal Navy, 

 Mr. George Back, and Mr. Robert Hood, 

 two Admiralty Midshipmen, to be joined 

 with me in the enterprize. My instruc- 



