CHAPTER IX. 



ROSS'S SECOND VOYAGE. HOLSTEINBORG. DISCO ISLAND. LANCASTER 

 BOUND. BOOTHIA. DISCOVERY OF THE FURY'S STORES. DANGER- 

 OUS NAVIGATION. PREPARATIONS FOR WINTERING. VISIT FROM 



ESQUIMAUX. EXCURSION. SECOND WINTER IN THE ICE. THE MAG- 

 NETIC POLE. THIRD AND FOURTH WINTER. ABANDONMENT OF THE 



VICTORY. MEETING WITH A WHALER. 



NEXT in chronological order is the expedition equipped 

 at the cost of Sir Felix Booth, and conducted by Captain 

 Ross, and his nephew, Commander (afterwards Sir James) 

 Ross. They sailed in May, 1829, in the Victory, a 

 vessel fitted with a steam-engine, in addition to her 

 sails, so as to be able to navigate in calm weather, or 

 in baffling winds. The object of the voyage was to 

 search for the north-west passage, as Parry had done 

 before, by some opening leading out of Regent's Inlet. 



On the 22d of July they entered a bay which opened 

 into two magnificent inlets, bordered by rocks of impos- 

 in g form ; and every spot, not absolutely a precipice, 

 wa covered with such bright verdure as to justify the 

 app ellation of Greenland. In sailing upwards, the unex- 

 pected appearance of a Danish flag surprised the crew, 

 and they learned that they were now near a settle- 

 ment belonging to that nation, called Ilolsteinborg. 

 The governor had seen the masts above the rocks, and 

 apprehensive of their being those of a vessel in distress, 

 kindly sent an offer of aid. The party were immediately 



