APPENDIX. 
No. I. 
Voyage of Discovery along the Banquise , north of Iceland , 
% “ La Beine Hortense.” 
It fell to the lot of an officer of the French navy, M. Jules 
de Blosseville, to attempt to explore those distant parts, 
and to shed an interest over them, both by his discoveries 
and by his tragical and premature end. 
In the spring of 1833, on the breaking up of a frost, 
“ La Lilloisef under the command of that brave officer, 
succeeded in passing through the Banquise , nearly up 
to latitude 69°, and in surveying about thirty leagues of 
coast to the south of that latitude. After having re¬ 
turned to her anchorage off the coast of Iceland, he 
sailed again in July for a second attempt. From that 
time nothing has been heard of “ La LilloiseB 
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The following year the “ Bordelaise” was sent to 
look for the “ Lilloisef but found the whole north of 
Iceland blocked up by ice-fields; and returned, having 
been stopped in the latitude of the North Cape. 
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As a voyage to the Danish colonies on the western 
coast of Greenland formed part of the scheme of our 
arctic navigation, we were aware at our departure from 
Paris, that it was our business to make ourselves well 
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