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N A R R A T I V E
 
OF A SECONDEXPEDITION
 
TO THE SHORES OF
 
T H E  P O L A R   S E A,
 
IN THE YEARS
1825, 1826, AND 1827,
BY JOHN FRANKLIN,
 
CAPT. R.N., F.R.S., &C. AND COMMANDER OF THEEXPEDITION.
INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF A
 DETACHMENT TO THE EASTWARD,
BY JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.
 
SURGEON AND NATURALISTTO THE EXPEDITION.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE
 SECRETARY OF STATEFOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS.
 Philadelphia:
 
 CAREY, LEA, AND CAREY—CHESNUT STREET.
SOLD IN NEW YORK BY G. AND C. CARVILL—IN BOSTON BY MUNROE
 ANDFRANCIS.
 1828.
 
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W. PILKINGTON & CO. PRINTERS.
 
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TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
 
 THE EARL BATHURST, K.G.,
 
LORD PRESIDENT OF HISMAJESTY'S COUNCIL,
 
&c. &c. &c.
THE FOLLOWING
NARRATIVE OF A SECOND JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ALONG
 THE NORTHERN COAST OFAMERICA,
UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER AND UNDER THE AUSPICES
 
OF HIS LORDSHIP,
 
IS, BYPERMISSION, INSCRIBED
 
WITH GREAT RESPECT AND GRATITUDE,
 
BY
THE AUTHOR.
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CONTENTS.
 
Page
 
Introductory Chapterix
 
Official Instructionsxix

CHAPTER I.
 
 
Join the Boats in the Methye River—Cross the LongPortage—Arrival at Fort Chipewyan—Departure from thence withthe whole party for Mackenzie River—Arrangements at FortNorman—Descent to the Sea—Return to the Winter Quarters atGreat Bear Lake
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CHAPTER II.
 
 
Transactions at Fort Franklin, 1825-6
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CHAPTER III.
 
 
Voyage to the Sea—Part from the Eastern Detachmentat Point Separation—Reach the Mouth of theMackenzie—Interview and Contest with the Esquimaux—Detainedby Ice—Meet friendly Esquimaux—Point Sabine
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CHAPTER IV.
 
 
Babbage River—Meet Natives at HerschelIsland—Their Trade with the Russians, through the WesternEsquimaux—Ascend Mount Conybeare—Boundary of the BritishDominions on this Coast—Del                        
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