Book excerpt: Excerpt from Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, Vol. 1 of 2: In the Years 1819-20-21-22 Coast of North America, and the trending of that Coast from the Mouth of the Cep per-mine River to the eastern extremity of that Continent; that it was left for me to determine, according to circumstances, whether it might be most advisable to proceed, at once, directly to the northward till I arrived at the sea-coast, and proceed we'st'erly towards the copper mine River; er advance, in the first instance, by the usual route to the Mouth of the Copper Mine River, and from thence eastefly till I should arrive at the eastern extremity of that Continent; that, in the adoption of either of these plans, I was to be guided by the advice and information which I should receive from the wintering servants of the Hudson's Bay Company, who would be instructed by their employers to chi-ope; rate cordially in the prosecution of the anj ects of the Expedition, and who would provide me with the necessary escort oi Indians 'to act as guides, interpreters, game killers, (w. And also with Such articles of clothing, a'n'finuniti on, Snow-fshoes, presents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.