CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAP. V. 



Valentine's Day. — Floe damaged. — Outline of Coast 



Alarming Symptoms. — Chaotic Commotion. — Tumult 

 ceases. — Clearing Deck. — Dovekie shot. — Awful Peril. 



— Grandeur of Scene. — Expectation of Crisis. — Havoc 

 spreads. — Desolation. — Ship remains nipped. — Turmoil. 



— Set of Ice. — Ship rights. — Ice Hills. — Bolts, &c. 

 loosened by Pressure of Ice. — Flight of Birds. — Nautical 

 Artists. — Divine Service. — Blows a Gale. — Imminent 

 Peril. — St. Patrick's Day. — Ice fluctuates. — Sir J. Gor- 

 don's Bay. — Peril of Two Sailors. — Flock of Ducks, 

 and White Bear. — Death of a Sailor. — Baffin's Obser- 

 vations. — Flocks of Loons. — Improvement in Crew's 

 Health. — Diminution of Snow. — Mr. Gore Snow- 

 blind. - Page 217 



CHAP. VI. 



Feast of Loons. — Mr. Vaughan's Path. — Perilous Ex- 

 cursion. — White Whales. — Carpenters busy under- 

 mining Ship. — Result of Labours. — Polar Expeditions. 



— Narwhales. — Report of Health. — Cannonading Floe. 



— Cheerful Labours in sawing away the Ice. — Employ- 

 ment for Armourer. — Impediments from Calves. — New 

 Rent discovered. — Report of the Ship's Drift. — Ship 

 bursts her Bonds. — Novelty of Scene Stern-post shat- 

 tered. — Officers' Opinion in favour of Return to England. 



— Awkwardness of Situation. — Expedition frustrated. 



— Ship's Draught increased. — Visited by Esquimaux. — 

 Ship struck by a Floe. — Shattered Condition of Ship. — 

 Sail for England. — Arrival at Chatham. - - 348 



Appendix - - 449 



