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great deal of water. It became therefore not 

 only prudent but necessary to pull into a bay, 

 which in the map is distinguished as Cockburn's 

 Bay, being so named in compliment to the first 

 Chairman of the Arctic Committee, Vice- Ad- 

 miral Sir George Cockburn, to whose valuable 

 exertions in organising the expedition I have 

 already borne testimony. From the summit of 

 an adjacent rock we could discern large quanti- 

 ties of ice to the westward, apparently close to 

 the shore, which in that direction extended from 

 twelve to fifteen miles ; but the view being in- 

 terrupted by the jutting out of the headland, 

 its farther direction could not be ascertained. It 

 must have been high water when we landed, which 

 was at 7 p» m. of the day after the last quarter of 

 the moon ; for at about an hour past midnight, 

 the boat, which had been left afloat in a snugly 

 sheltered place, was found high and dry on the 

 beach. A fresh breeze with squalls having con- 

 tinued through the night, it was not practicable 

 to move until 10 a. m. ; and this detention gave 

 me an opportunity of getting sights which placed 

 us in latitude 67 20' 31" N., and longitude 

 94° 28' 14" W. : on this occasion the compass 

 was placed upon the sandy beach, about a quarter 

 of a mile from the nearest rocks, and agreed 

 with two others held in the hand. 



The appearance of so much ice to the west- 



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