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latter they found too tedious, by reason of the yielding 

 peat over which they had to travel ; but they were more 

 fortunate in securing several brace of ptarmigan, now 

 very acceptable to our invalids, particularly Captain 

 Kellett, nearly ou his legs again, and regaining his cus- 

 tomary spirits. 



June 12. Having contended in this neighbourhood 

 for some time with strong breezes, and loose ice increas- 

 ing so fast as to render the navigation a severe duty to 

 the crew, even to keep the ship clear of it, and the pro- 

 spect to windward unsatisfactory, I bore up round the 

 south end of the island, and, passing Lievely, reached 

 the sea again, now invested with larger and more nume- 

 rous bergs than we had before noticed. This, however, 

 indicating a great southerly motion, afforded me hopes 

 of making an easier passage, as these monsters generally 

 clear away all before them and break up the small floes. 



I notice that the Danes differ from us, in terming these 

 masses " blinks," whereas we apply that term to the re- 

 flection of ice or water, as ice-blink, water-sky. 



