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called the crow's nest, were eagerly listened to on 

 deck. Their path was still unobstructed. They passed 

 various headlands, with several wide openings towards 

 the north and south, to which they hastily gave the 

 names of Croker Bay, Navy Board Inlet, and similar 

 designations ; but these it was not their present object 

 to explore. The wind, freshening more and more, car- 

 ried them happily forward, till at midnight they found 

 themselves in longitude 83 1^', nearly a hundred and 

 fifty miles from the mouth of the sound, which still 

 retained a breadth of fifty miles. The success of the 

 expedition, they fondly hoped, was now, to a great 

 extent, decided. 



The Hecla at this time slackened her course, to allow 

 her companion to come up, which she did in longitude 

 85. They proceeded together to longitude 86 30', and 

 found two other inlets, which they named Burnet and 

 Stratton ; then a bold cape, named Fellfoot, forming 

 apparently, the termination of this long line of coast. 

 The lengthened swell, which still rolled in from the 

 north and west, with the oceanic color of the waters, 

 inspired the flattering persuasion that they had already 

 passed the region of straits and inlets, and were now 

 wafted along the wide expanse of the polar basin. 

 Nothing, in short, it was hoped, would henceforth 

 obstruct their progress to Icy Cape, the western bound- 

 ary of America. An alarm of land was given, but it 

 proved to arise only from an island of no great extent. 

 However, more land was soon discovered, beyond Cape 

 Fellfoot, which was ascertained to be the entrance to a 

 noble recess, extending on their right, which they 

 named Maxwell Bay. An uninterrupted range of sea 

 etill stretched out before them, though they were some- 

 what discomposed by seeing, on the south, a line of 



