"A WHALING CRUISE TO BAFFIN'S BAY AND THE GULF OF BOOTHIA."

ETC., ETC.

Including a Narrative of Captain Phipps's Expedition,
By a Midshipman.

"And when we came to that cold countrie,

Where the white snow always lies,

Where the storms, and the cold, and the big whales blow,
And the daylight never dies.'

"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

London:

MACMILLAN AND CO.

1879.

The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.

LONDON

R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR,

BREAD STREET HILL.

ΤΟ

THE MIDSHIPMEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY

THIS WORK,

DESCRIPTIVE OF ALL NORTH POLAR VOYAGES

UNDERTAKEN BY ENGLAND,

IS

Dedicated.

Dunning

Webster 2.25-43 46956

PREFACE.

SOME explanation is, perhaps, necessary regarding the publication of the few pages which are here collected together under the title of Northward Ho!

During the early part of the present year a friend placed in my hands an old journal which had been written by one of his ancestors, whilst serving as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, more than a hundred

years ago.

This journal, or log-book, was in a very dilapidated condition, several of its leaves were missing, others were torn, and in many parts it was nearly illegible.