THIRD EDITION.

TWO VOLS.—VOL. II.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXIV.


LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES,
Northumberland-court.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.


Page

[CHAPTER VIII.]

[Transactions at Fort Enterprise][Mr. Back's Narrative of his Journey to Chipewyan, and Return]1

[CHAPTER IX.]

[Continuation of Proceedings at Fort Enterprise][Some Account of the Copper Indians][Preparations for the Journey to the Northward]76

[CHAPTER X.]

[Departure from Fort Enterprise][Navigation of the Copper-Mine River][Visit to the Copper Mountain][Interview with the Esquimaux][Departure of the Indian Hunters][Arrangements made with them for our Return]122

[CHAPTER XI.]

[Navigation of the Polar Sea, in two Canoes, as far as Cape Turnagain, to the Eastward, a distance exceeding Five Hundred and Fifty Miles][Observations on the probability of a North-West Passage]193

[CHAPTER XII.]

[Journey across the barren grounds][Difficulty and delay in crossing Copper-Mine River][Melancholy and fatal Results thereof][Extreme Misery of the whole Party][Murder of Mr. Hood][Death of several of the Canadians][Desolate State of Fort Enterprise][Distress suffered at that Place][Dr. Richardson's Narrative][Mr. Back's Narrative][Conclusion]237