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men with respect to their return ; whilst, in addi- 

 tion to the other invalid, the health of Sinclair 

 was also beginning to yield either to the con- 

 tinual exposure to cold and wet, or to this com- 

 bined with the want of hot and wholesome food. 

 The alacrity displayed by the men, on receiving 

 my directions, unequivocally manifested their 

 feelings at removing from so dismal a scene ; and 

 the exertions put forth in no common difficulties 

 proved that it was not less hearty than general. 

 The boat, being dragged across, was brought to 

 the place of our former station of the 9th ; after 

 which the crew went back four miles for the 

 baggage. The whole was safely conveyed over 

 by 8 p. m., when the water kegs were burnt to 

 make us a kettle of hot cocoa. 



A fresh gale from N. W. continued, with little 

 or no alteration, during the great part of the 

 night; but in the morning (August 15 th) the wea- 

 ther became calm, and the ice again set in to the 

 southward. I went to the hillock once more, and 

 saw one closely packed mass of drift ice extend- 

 ing from the beach to the horizon, beyond which 

 there was a bright yellowish white blink. This 

 was in the direction of the N. N.W. bluff, which 

 I have named after my friend Captain Macono- 

 chie, R. N., of whose zeal and intelligence in the 

 cause of geographical science I have elsewhere 

 made mention. To the north were the same two 



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