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OF HER CONVERSATIONS WITH LORD BYRON.
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NARRATIVE
OF
AN OVERLAND JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD,
By SIR GEORGE SIMPSON,
_Governor-in-Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories in
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MR. ROSS' YACHT VOYAGE
TO
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IN LORD RODNEY'S CUTTER "THE IRIS."
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FIVE YEARS IN KAFFIRLAND:
WITH SKETCHES OF
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By MRS. HARRIET WARD
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