for the western spt 
A NI) IITKRART CADET. 
I'll E POLAR VERGE. 
had they proceeded down any or the 
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eded down any of tire inner 
JlilU mt/j 1 
meridians which they may have crossed at or 
shortly before reaching their greatest western 
distance.* By the party’s pursuing a course 
west, northwest and north, they continued in , 
the most sterile region of the sphere; which I , 
contend exists along the neighborhood of the j 
apparent verge, and between it and the real ( 
verge. This region they should have crossed , 
with the greatest expedition practicable; and j 
they«@hould have selected a season when the | 
migrating reindeer cross those ‘barren grounds, , 
that they might not want for food or good loot- 1 
ii g on icy bridges over the lakes ; and they 
should also have pursued the course those deer 
pursue, in order to reach the inner tempeiale 
climates with the greatest expedition. 
The circumstance of Lieut. Franklin’s being 
able to travel from 1819 to 1822 in the vicinity 
of the apparent verge—which vicinity the 
principles of my Theory indicate to be the 
; most inclement portion of the sphere is, to 
me, a proof that the sterile country to be cros¬ 
sed in reaching the productive part of the con¬ 
cave,offers less difficulty in the progress across 
it, than I hadt before found reason to antici¬ 
pate. Respectfully, 
JNO. CLEVES SYMMES 
* See a JYTap of the Northern Verge, published 
as a Supplement to the Western Spy of Sept. 14. 
j Newport, October 30, 1822. 
