Notes on Samuel Hearne's Journey from a Bibliographical Perspective

• 44 Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada 3I I 'J,4S MacLaren : <strong>Notes</strong> on Samuel Hearne's [ourneyfiches, no. 17710. The CIHMmicrofiches of this translation are illegible in placesbecause of extensive show through of ink from one page onto the facing recto orverso. I acknowledge with gratitude the assistance provided by Brian Young,Reference Librarian, British Columbia Archives and Records Services, Victoria,who examined the copy from which the microfiches were made, and whofurnished legible copies of the passage in question.S4 Samuel Hearne Abenteuer im arktischen Kanada Die Suche nach derNotdwest-Passage 1769-r772 Hesausgegebeti und Eingefjihrt von VolkerMatthies (lUbingen: Edition Erdmann Verlags·GmbH, 1981), 197. .55 See note 18, above.S6 See note 32., above.57 Author's telephone communication with Mel Hurtig, 10 September 1992..S8 Letter, N.J.C.lngleton, Charles E.Tuttle, Inc., to the author, 13 November 1992..S9 Capt. John Franklin, Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, inthe Years r819, 20, 21, and 22 (London: John Murray, 182.3); and Sir JohnRichardson, 'Digression concerning Hearne's route,' in Narrative of the ArcticLand Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish Rivet, and along the Shoresof the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and r835 by Captain GeorgeBack, R.N. Commander of the Expedition (London: John Murray, 18361,144-55 ·60 Tyrrell, ed., A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, passim; Charles Camsell,An Exploration of the Tazin and Taltson Rivers North West Territories,Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 84 (Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada,19161; Guy Blanchet, 'Thelewey-aza-yeth,' The Beaver, 2.80 (Sept. 1949): 8-11;J. 'Iuzo Wilson, 'New Light on Hearne,' The Beaver, 2.80 (June 19491: 14-18;William Fuller, 'Hearne's Thelewey-aza-yeth : Another Interpretation,' Musk ·Ox, 2.7119801: 67-74; Eric Morse, 'Modern maps throw New Light on Samuel ·Hearne's Route,' Cartographica, vol. 18, no. 4 (1981): 2.3-3S; and Sean Peake,see above, note 31.61 Iacknowledge with thanks BruceWhiteman's correction ofmy preliminary error.in collation. The collation of the first edition is as follows: x" A-E4 2.B-3M4·3N".62. One ignores at one's peril the admonition given by James Thorpe: 'No matterhow many copies are collated in search of variants, there is always the possibilityof another copy lurking in yet one more collection with a previously unknownvariant' (Principles of Textual Criticism [San Marino, Cal: The HuntingtonLibrary, 1972.1,751.63 Wilson, 'New Light': IS.64 This map is also reproduced in Wilson/New Light': 1~17; and Richard I.Ruggles, A Country so Interesting : The Hudson's Bay Company and TwoCenturies of Mapping 1670-1870 (Montreal:McGill·Queen's University Press,199 1),133 .6S James Cook 1J0hnDouglas, ed.] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean . . . ; andThomas Pennant, Supplement to the Arctic Zoology (London:H. Hughs, 17871.Both of these maps are reproduced, somewhat altered, in Tyrrell, ed, followingp. 18. The first complete edition of the latter was: Arctic Zoology, 2.vols. in 3(London: R. Faulder, 1792.1.66 pr:ring Franklin's journals for publication, Rick Davis confirms that 't .':::tho or,:n edbitionFranklin and his officers took. Letter, Rick Davis t: u::, ~ 6wNhich ovem er 1992..