Excerpt from A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage: With Numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure During Nearly Five Years' Continuous Service in the Arctic Regions While in Search of the Expedition Under Sir John Franklin I have to regret that the department of Natural History, in connection with our voyage, is not so full or as I could have wished, from the fact of my entire collection having been left in the ship, much to my regret, on her abandonment. I have, however, endeavoured to supply the deficiency, as far as lay in my power, from my notes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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