116 



PARRY'S FIRST VOYAGE. 



DundaB, and in the distance a bold coast, which thcj 

 named Banks's Land. As even a brisk gale from the 

 east did not produce the slightest movement on the 

 glassy face of the deep, they were led to believe that 

 on the other side there must be a large body of land, by 

 which it was held in a fixed state. On considering all 

 circumstances, there appeared no alternative but to 

 make their way homeward while yet the season per- 

 mitted. Some additional observations were made, as 

 they returned, on the two coasts extending along Bar- 

 row's Strait. 



Parry's arrival in Britain was hailed with the warmest 

 exultation. To have sailed upwards of thirty degrees 

 of longitude beyond the point reached by any former 

 navigator ; to have discovered so many new lands, 

 islands, and bays ; to have established the much-con- 

 tested existence of a Polar Sea north of America ; finally, 

 after a wintering of eleven months, to have brought back 

 his crew in a sound and vigorous state, were enough to 

 raise his name above that of any other Arctic voyager. 



ESQUIMAUX SNOW-HUT. 



