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might be hove down, ruinous as such a necessity 

 must be. At about a mile farther down they 

 found a place where three grounded masses of ice 

 had three to four fathoms water within them, and 

 which, with the assistance of art, might afford 

 something like shelter. On returning, the ice had 

 closed in, so as not only to prevent their moving, 

 but that the smallest external pressure must in- 

 evitably force them ashore, neither ship having 

 more than two feet water to spare. They were, 

 however, soon relieved, and both ships were en- 

 abled to proceed to the place of the three bergs ; 

 and here the formation of a basin was commenced 

 and completed by the 16th August; all the Fury's 

 stores, provisions, and other articles landed, and the 

 Fury hove down on the 18th. A gale of wind, 

 however, destroyed the bergs, and made it neces- 

 sary for both ships to be towed out into the sea, or 

 rather the ice. The Fury was re-loaded, but on 

 the 21st this unfortunate ship was again driven 

 on shore. 



As every further attempt to put her into a state 

 of repair was now hopeless, Parry, after visiting 

 her for the last time, says, " every endeavour of 

 ours to get her off, or if got off, to float her to any 

 known place of safety, would be at once utterly 

 hopeless in itself, and productive of extreme risk to 

 our remaining ship." A survey, therefore, was held 

 upon her; and Commander Hoppner, with the 



