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AN 
ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE 
TO 
SPITZBERGEN; 
i 
CONTAINING 
A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THAT COUNTRY, 
OF 
THE ZOOLOGY OF THE NORTH, 
And of 
THE SHETLAND ISLES; 
WITH AN 
ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE FISHERY 
BY 
JOHN LAING, Surgeon. 
WITH AN 
APPENDIX, 
CONTAINING some important observations on the 
VARIATION OF THE COMPASS, &C. 
BY A GENTLEMAN OF THE NAVY. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED FOR 
$. MAWMAN, LONDON; AND DAVID BROWN, 
EDINBURGH. 
1815. 
