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TO 
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE 
LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE, 
FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER FOR EXECUTING THE OFFICE OF LORD 
HIGH ADMIRAL OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, &c. &c. Ac. 
THIS VOLUME, 
CONTAINING 
THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 
FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, 
UNDERTAKEN AND EXECUTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIS LORDSHIP, 
IS INSCRIBED, 
WITH DUE RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, 
BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, 
WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY. 
London, May, 1821. 
