The Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art: Exhibiting the Most Important Discoveries and Improvements of the Past Year; In Mechanics and the Useful ... Botany; Geology and Mineralogy; Meteorology a

Excerpt from The Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art: Exhibiting the Most Important Discoveries and Improvements of the Past Year; In Mechanics and the Useful Arts; Natural Philosophy; Electricity; Chemistry; Zoology and Botany; Geology and Mineralogy; Meteorology and AstronomyAfter more than eleven months' sta early spring journeys were commenced on February 17th, 1869, when Captain oun carried a depot of provisions across Franklin Strait, whilst I went southwar to the magnetic pole, to meet the natives, and obtain, if possible, some information. I was accompanied by the interpreter, Mr. Petersen, and some seamen; we took with us two Old sledges. On the 28th of Februar when near Cape Victoria, we met with a small party of natives, who readily uilt us a large snow hut, and spent the night in it with us. We were subsequently visited by about 45 individuals, and during the ion: one we remained amongst them, we obtained many relics of the lost crews, fl m the information that managers 8 gm was embed in the xqq' ma sunk Q.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.