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GREENLAND OR POLAR ICE. 



illustrations. The consideration, that I was writ- 

 ing for a learned society, prevented the necessity 

 of entering into the minutice of explanation, which 

 M^ould have been requisite in a communication 

 intended for the world at large. For instance, I 

 did not think it needful that I should inform the 

 Society how the course of a journey to the Pole, 

 in the event of the failure of the magnetic needle, 

 might be regulated by the varying position of the 

 sun ; or, in what way the longitudinal situations 

 would be determined by the chronometer. In a 

 work which I am now preparing for the press, 

 the preceding paper, amplified and illustrated, is 

 intended to be introduced. My plan embraces 

 the following general heads : 



I. An account of the progress of discovery in 

 the North, with a synopsis of the numerous 

 voyages undertaken in search of a Northern 

 Passage to India. 



II. An account of West Greenland : — its ex- 

 tent, appearance, natural history, aborigines, 

 colonies, manners and customs of the inhabi- 

 tants, 8tc. 



III. East Greenland or Spitzbergen t — its ap- 

 pearance, natural history, harbours, icebergs, 

 mountains, colonisation, products, &c. 



