LETTER IX. 
EXTRACT FROM THE “ MONITEUR ” OF THE 31ST JULY. 
I have received a copy of the “ Moniteur ” of the 
31st July, containing so graphic an account of the 
voyage of the “ Heine Hortense ” towards Jan Mayen, 
and of the catastrophe to her tender the “ Saxon ”—• 
in consequence of which the corvette was compelled to 
abandon her voyage to the Northward,—-that I must 
forward it to you. 
“ Exploration de la Banquise au Nord de VIslande par 
la 1 Reine-Hortense.’ 1 
“ II appartenait a un officier de la marine franchise, 
M. Jules de Blosseville, d’en tenter 1’exploration et 
d’illustrer ces parages eloignes, autant par ses decou- 
vertes que par sa fin tragique et prematuree. Au 
1 For Translation, sec A])pendix. 
