238 REVISIT LIEVELY. ^September, 



As we neared Greenland the increasing breeze ren- 

 dered it necessary to cast off the tow-lines and proceed 

 independently. The ' Phoenix' reached Lievely on the 

 6th of September, about four A.M., where we were wel- 

 comed by the authorities with the customary attentions 

 so repeatedly noticed by the several officers commanding 

 these Expeditions. 



As the provisions withdrawn from Navy Board Inlet 

 were likely to prove a nuisance on any rise of tempera- 

 ture, and would be objected to by our seamen, and learn- 

 ing from the Inspector that many Greenland families at 

 some of the settlements had perished last season from 

 hunger, I directed a portion to be landed for the use of 

 these distressed people, who would deem the provision 

 we should condemn as unfit for consumption a perfect 

 luxury. 



On our being rejoined by the ' Talbot/ and shipping 

 her coal, we quitted Lievely, not however without incur- 

 ring further dangers, which were fortunately avoided by 

 the knowledge we had obtained from our former survey 

 of this port. The dangers, difficulties, and other dis- 

 agreeables attending these visits, determined me not to 

 incur further responsibility or delay by touching at any 

 other ports of Greenland. I therefore directed the sail- 

 ing vessels, in the event of parting company, to repair to 

 England and report themselves, according to the practice 

 of the service, on arrival. 



The equinoctial gales determined me to seek Cork, in 

 order to replenish coal, and to repair Avith the utmost ex- 

 pedition to the Admiralty. On the morning of the 28th 

 of September we sighted the port. Here another failure 



