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could not come near the land, added to which 

 a thick fog shortly arose and continued for 

 several days. The party seeing the vessel could 

 not approach the coast, on account of the ice 

 and fog, and being limited to time, determined 

 to proceed to a place called Green Harbour, 

 where they supposed there were several vessels 

 at anchor, and whither they knew their own ship 

 would proceed before she returned home, to 

 take on board twenty-four of her crew. 



They coasted the shore along in their boat, 

 and on the seventeenth day arrived at the 

 harbour ; when, to their disappointment and dis- 

 may, they found that all the vessels had departed. 

 There were yet three days wanting of the time 

 for the final departure of the vessels from the 

 coast ; and, supposing there might still be some 

 in Bell Sound, they made the best of their 

 way thither. Unfortunately, however, there arose 

 a difference of opinion as to the situation of the 

 Sound, and they, in consequence, wandered up 

 and down the coast until the day appointed 

 for the final departure of the vessels had expired, 

 so that when they reached the Sound they found 

 all the ships were gone. 



Dismay, horror, and despair, alternately pos- 

 sessed their minds, and they stood gazing at each 

 other as if to inquire what was to be done in 



