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DEDICATION. 
reason to believe) that, at a moment when economy had been less 
imperative than it was at the period of our Expedition, we could 
have extended our researches farther ; we feel convinced, at the 
same time, that your Lordships would also, at a period more auspi- 
cious than that which we allude to, have enabled us to prosecute 
them with greater effect. 
"With these impressions, we have the honour to remain, 
My Lords, 
Your Lordships’ grateful and obedient Servants, 
HENRY W. BEECHEY, 
FREDERIC W. BEECHEY. 
Harley -Street, June, 1827. 
