Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific

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Excerpt from Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and HeclaI must not here omit to notice a sim le, ingenious, and e¿'ectual contrivance, new first adapted, for melting snow for our consump tion as water, during the winter months, without any additional ex pense of fuel. The smoke issuing from the galley-tire, and indeed Its heat generally, does little or no service beyond the ordinary Emmett of cooking to which it is applied. It occurred to Messrs.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.