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positive objection to the territory being 1 taken possession of, in 
the name of his Britannic Majesty, as Capt. Ross only followed 
the example of some former navigators, who have planted the 
standard of Great Britain on a barren rock, which has never 
since been visited, by any of the subjects of the said king, and 
of which, he the said king knows as little, as he does of his 
newly acquired territory of Boothia Felix. It is also proper 
that Capt. Ross should not have let the opportunity slip him, of 
paying a just and well-merited compliment to his munificent 
patron, Felix Booth Esq. by naming a country after him, which, 
though in itself the seat of barrenness and desolation, has been 
named Boothia Felix , though perhaps not upon the same prin¬ 
ciple, as the cognomeji of Felix has been attached to apart of 
Arabia. 
It is, however, the opinion of Capt. Ross, that the discovery 
of the Gulph of Boothia, and the continent and isthmus of 
Boothia Felix, is an object of the highest importance, and that 
it forms one of the principal features of his expedition. The 
principal features of his first voyage, were the discovery of the 
Croker Mountains, and some large hills, covered with red snow. 
On the supposition, therefore, that the value of the discoveries 
of the two voyages, could be reduced to pounds, shillings, and 
pence, they would stand as follows :— 
£ s. d . 
Croker Mountains - - - - 0 0 0 
Hills of Red Snow ... 0 0 0 
Boothia Felix - - 0 0 0 
£ 0 0 0 
The chief pleasure of the traveller is in his progress to his 
place of destination ; and therefore greatly is Capt. Ross de¬ 
serving of commiseration, when, instead of progressing in the 
discovery of the North West Passage, he was obliged to retrace 
his steps from Felix Harbour: but it was rather fortunate for 
him, that the whole extent of this retrograde movement was 
comprised in the extent of four miles; thereby shewing, that in 
