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the western shore. This did not last long ; for the 

 next day the wind hauled again to the south and 

 blew fresh, bringing the ice in upon us with much 

 pressure. At midnight it broke up all around us, 







so that we had work to maintain the Advance in a 

 safe position and keep her from being separated 

 from her consort, which was immovably fixed in the 

 centre of a large floe. 



"We continued to drift slowly to the 'N.'N.W. 

 until the 22d, when our progress appeared to be 

 arrested by a small low island, which was discovered 

 in that direction, about seven miles distant. A 

 channel of three or four miles in width separated it 

 from Cornwallis Island. This latter island, trending 

 ]ST.W. from our position, terminated abruptly in an 

 elevated cape, to which I have given the name of 

 Manning, after a warm personal friend and ardent 

 supporter of the Expedition. Between Cornwallis 

 Island and some distant high land visible in the 

 north appeared a wide channel leading to the west- 

 ward. A dark, misty-looking cloud which hung 

 over it (technically termed frost-smoke) was indi- 

 cative of much open water in that direction. This 

 was the direction in which my instructions, referring 

 to the investigations of the National Observatory 

 concerning the winds and currents of the ocean, 

 directed me to look for open water. Nor was the 



