Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's Ship Rosamond / Containing Some Account of the North-eastern Coast of America and of the Tribes Inhabiting That Remote Region

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BY LIEUT. EDWARD CHAPPELL, R. N.
Ὑμεῖς δ’, ὦ Μοῦσαι, σχολιὰς ἐνέποιτε χελεύθους.
DIONYSII PERIEGESIS. v. 63. Ozon. 1697.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. MAWMAN, LUDGATE STREET: By H. Watts, Crown Court, Temple Bar. 1817.
Originally printed in 1817 for J. Mawman, Ludgate Street, London, England
TO THE LORD VISCOUNT PALMERSTONE BARON TEMPLE SECRETARY OF WAR MEMBER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE &c. &c. &c.
THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE WITH HIS LORDSHIP’S PERMISSION IS DEDICATED AS A MEMORIAL OF GRATITUDE AND A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT BY HIS LORDSHIP’S OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT EDWARD CHAPPELL.
Such have been the services of this meritorious officer, now only twenty-five years of age; but, owing to the termination of the war, dismissed, with many other of his gallant comrades, from the active duties in which they were engaged. These circumstances, as it must be obvious, are by no means querulously introduced: nor is the following Narrative made public with the slightest intention of reproaching the Admiralty with the hard lot to which one of its naval heroes was exposed, in being twice employed in such a service:—it is a lot that must fall somewhere; and the present Publication will shew, that the person upon whom it devolved is able to give a satisfactory account of the manner in which this part of his duty was performed.
EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE.
University Library, Cambridge,
April 7, 1817 .