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A
VOYAGE
TO
SPITZBERGEN;
CONTAINING AN
Account of that Country,
OF THE
ZOOLOGY OF THE NORTH; OF THE SHETLAND ISLES;
AND OF THE WHALE FISHERY.
WITH AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING
An Historical Account of the DUTCH, ENGLISH, and AMERICAN
WHALE FISHERIES; some Important Observations
on the VARIATION OF THE COMPASS, &c.; and some Extracts
from Mr. SCORESBY’S Paper on “POLAR ICE.”
BY JOHN LAING,
SURGEON.
_A NEW EDITION._
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
1825.
PRINTED BY A. BALFOUR & CO.
TO
JOHN R. M’CULLOCH, ESQ.
THIS LITTLE WORK IS INSCRIBED,
AS
A SMALL TESTIMONY
OF
THE ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE
OF
HIS MUCH OBLIGED,
AND SINCERE FRIEND,