Esquimaux and English Vocabulary

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Excerpt from Esquimaux and English Vocabulary: For the Use of the Arctic ExpeditionThe following Vocabulary is compiled for the use of the Arctic Expeditions fitted out at the expense ~of the British Government to carry relief to Sir John Franklin and his companions. It 'was begun specially with a view to the Behring Strait Expedition, as we learn from the mccants of Cook, Kotzebue, and Beechey, that much intercourse took place during those voyages with the' natives of the north-western coast of North America. It may also prove useful to the Expedition about to sail for Lancaster Sound.The only existing published Vocabularies of the Eskimaux Language are contained in Fabricius' s Greenland and Danish Dictionary, 1804, in the account of Parry' 8 Second Voyage in the years 1821-3, in Beechey's Voyage of the Blossom inf1824 - 5 and in Sir John Ross's Voyage in 1829 - 33 the three last-m'entioned are thick quarto volumes, and therefore of little use in that form for the daily requirements of parties absent from the ships in boats or on land expedi tions, the object of the present work is to supply that want, and to furnish every officer and leading man in the Arctic Expeditions with a book of ready reference that he can carry in his pocket without inconvenience.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.