CHAPTER VI. 



FAERY'S SECOND VOYAGE. ARRIVAL AT HUDSON'S STRAIT. REPIT LSI 

 BAY. BAFFLING NAVIGATION. ESQUIMAUX FRIENDS. ARCTIC CLI- 

 MATE. FROZEN UP. AMUSEMENTS. ILIGLIUK. LYON's JOURNEY. 



SNOW HUTS. LAND EXCURSIONS. HARBOR AT IGLOOIK. ANOTHER 



WINTEE. PARHELIA. RETURN HOME. PARRY'S THIRD VOYAGE. 



THE possibility of entering the Polar Sea having 

 been proved by Parry's first voyage, it was considered 

 that the north-west passage might probably be effected 

 in a lower latitude than that of Melville Island, where 

 the icy barrier had proved impassable. Parry accord- 

 ingly was sent out a second time with the Ilecla and 

 Fury, in May, 1821, with instructions to make for Re- 

 pulse Bay by way of Hudson's Strait. The former never 

 having been fully examined, it was supposed that some 

 opening would be found leading from it to the ocean 

 beyond. 



Parry, now promoted to the rank of captain, hoisted 

 his flag on board the Fury, while Captain Lyon, already 

 distinguished by his services in Africa, received the 

 command of the Ilecla. The equipment, the victualling, 

 and the heating of the vessels, were all accomplished 

 with the greatest care, and with various improvements 

 suggested by experience. 



The adventurers quitted the Nore on the 8th of May, 

 1821, passed through the Pentland Frith and by Cape 

 Farewell, and on the 2d of July were at the mouth of 

 Hudson's Strait. Parry, accustomed as he was to 



