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every assistance of canvas ; and at very critical moments, 

 owing to want of power, are under our bows, or possibly 

 foul the towing hawser. Vessels for this service should 

 be independent screw steamers, accompanied by the 

 ships as transports or depot vessels. The officer com- 

 manding should be in the steamer. Hailing and strain- 

 ing the lungs to people always half deaf, is not pleasant 

 to either party, and is productive, by repetition of 

 orders, when not heard or not obeyed, of very unplea- 

 sant feelings. Towards the evening, the breeze having 

 freshened considerably, reducing us to close-reefed top- 

 sails, we cast off the tow-rope ; motion quick and un- 

 pleasant, and ship dropping away to leeward very fast. 



On the 4th we were again enabled to make all sail, 

 but found we had been driven, by cm-rent, to the south- 

 ward of the entrance of Lancaster Sound, making Cape 

 Walter Bathurst, in lat. 72 19', long. 70 20' W. It is 

 needless to dwell on our misfortunes, or the time taken 

 to recover ground ; I shall therefore assume my position 

 off Cape Warrender, on the 7th, whence I despatched 

 Commander Richards to the Cape, to examine for re- 

 cords, and sent the ' Pioneer' off to Navy Board Inlet, to 

 report upon the coal and provision deposited there by 

 the ' North Star.' At Cape Warrender Commander 

 Richards left niy despatch for the Admiralty, as well as 

 one for Captain Kellett, but could not find the document 

 left by Captain Ommanney. The label of the cylinder, 

 with " Pull out," was found, apparently intelligible to 

 foxes, as the impression of their teeth was unmistakable. 

 There is, however, from later intelligence from Comman- 

 der Inglefield, strong ground for believing that not only 



