vish disposition--Attempt to gain possession
of the Union--Heavy Gale--Find shelter in Refuge Cove--Low
Coast--Mirage--Stopped by Ice at Point Toker--Reach the Sea 162

CHAPTER II.

Detention by wind--Visited by the Esquimaux--Cross a large Stream of
Fresh Water--Winter Houses on Atkinson Island--Gale of Wind and
Fog--Run into Browell Cove--Double Cape Dalhousie--Liverpool Bay and
Esquimaux Lake--Icy Cliffs--Meet another party of Esquimaux--Cape
Bathurst 180

CHAPTER III.

Double Cape Bathurst--Whales--Bituminous-shale Cliffs on Fire--Enter
Franklin Bay--Heavy Gale--Peninsula of Cape Parry--Perforated
Rock--Detention at Cape Lyon by Wind--Force of an Esquimaux
Arrow--Meet with heavy Ice--Pass Union and Dolphin Straits--Double
Cape Krusenstern, and enter George the Fourth's Coronation
Gulph--Reach the Coppermine River--Remarks--Meteorological Table
193
CHAPTER IV.

Ascend the Coppermine River--Abandon the Boats and
Stores--Commence the Land Journey--Cross the Copper Mountains and
Height of Land--Meet Indians who bring Provisions--Arrive at Great
Bear Lake--Detained by want of a Boat--Send out Hunters--Arrival of
Beaulieu--Collect the Party, and proceed to Fort
Franklin--Conclusion 222

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_Captain Franklin's Narrative resumed._

CHAPTER VI.

Brief Notices of the Second Winter at Bear Lake--Traditions of the
Dog-Ribs--Leave Fort Franklin--Winter Journey to Fort
Chipewyan--Remarks on the progress of improvement in the Fur
Countries--Set out in Canoes on the Voyage Homeward--Join Dr.
Richardson at Cumberland House--Mr. Drummond's Narrative--Arrival in
Canada, at New York, and London 238

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APPENDIX.

Topographical and Geological Notices, by Dr. Richardson, R.N. 263

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An account of the objects of Natural History, collected on our journey
being too voluminous to be inserted in the Appendix, has been reserved
for a separate work which will be published as soon as possible, by Dr.
Richardson and Professor Hooker, under the sanction, and by the
assistance, of His Majesty's Govern