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gleam of continuous ice was seen right ahead, 

 which threatened an interruption of our pro- 

 gress. But as the morning of the 30th broke 

 we found the heavy stream before us less com- 

 pact than had been feared, and entered the pack 

 with confidence. 



The day was beautifully fine, and to those 

 who were novices in this sort of navigation, 

 nothing could exceed the interest of the scene : 

 — the tall ship with all her sails set threading 

 her graceful way through the masses of ice, 

 upon a sea as smooth as an inland lake. What 

 a contrast from the mountain waves over which 

 we had been tossing and tumbling for weeks 

 past! Again, in the far horizon, there was the 

 ever-welcome loom of land ; and though from 

 our distance according to reckoning, some doubts 

 were at first expressed as to the reality of this 

 appearance, yet these were soon afterwards set 

 at rest, and the land at eight a. m. was distinctly 

 visible to the naked eye, stretching from W. to 

 to N. W. by N. We supposed it to be Black- 

 head on the Labrador coast, not far from Cape 

 Chudleigh, and which our noon observations 

 placed sixty miles distant. It is to be remarked, 

 that the weather was unusually clear, with a 

 temperature of 36°, and the wind blowing off the 

 land, so that objects could be discerned at a great 

 distance. There was a considerable quantity of 



