QUIT MAGDALENA BAY. Gl 



CHAPTER II. 



Quit Magdalena Bay. — Revisit the Ice. — The Trent driven 

 into the packed ice. — Her dangerous situation. — The ice 

 opens. — The ships enter and are beset. — Cause of the 

 leak in the Trent discovered and remedied. — Heavy pres- 

 sure of the ice. — Intricate situation of the vessels. — They 

 regain the open sea. — Walruses make a formidable at- 

 tack upon the boats of the Trent. — Their habits described. 

 — Expedition proceeds to Fair Haven. — Description of 

 the anchorage. — Numerous graves and remains of habita- 

 tions discovered. 



June 1818. — The expedition quitted Magda- 

 lena Bay on the 7th June, to renew the exami- 

 nation of the ice ; and, after steering a few 

 leagues to the northward, found it precisely 

 in the same situation and state as we had left 

 it on the 2nd instant. 



We were no sooner clear of the land, than 

 we concluded, by a heavy swell rolling up from 

 the south-west, that it had - been blowing hard 

 at sea during the time we were snugly at an- 

 chor, and that we had thus escaped at least 

 one gale of wind. The breeze was now mo- 



