310 HON. CAPTAIN PHIPPS. 



a d. As there was a prospect of being detained 

 several days at this anchorage, the pendulum 

 was landed upon a small rocky island near the 

 Norways. The weather, however, proved so un- 

 favourable, that no satisfactory observations were 

 obtained ; and, indeed, we may add, that the same 

 remark will apply to all that was done upon this 

 island, for nothing can be more incorrect than 

 the survey of the Haven, which Phipps states 

 was made from that spot, or the heights of the 

 hills and islands about it, notwithstanding all 

 the precautions he appears to have taken in 

 order to render them accurate. From the ac- 

 count of these operations given in the Appendix, 

 we cannot suppose Captain Phipps to have been 

 ignorant of the practical part of the work ; and 

 we must consequently conjecture, either that 

 some error occurred in writing down the ob- 

 servations, or that he could not devote his atten- 

 tion to it, as he has not even given the number 

 of islands correctly, and of course he has not 

 attended to their relative dimensions. As re- 

 gards the heights of the mountains, it is evident 

 also that there has been some great error, either 

 in distinguishing them upon his chart, or in re- 

 cording his observations ; but which, it is im- 

 possible now to determine, as his plan is so 

 incorrect, that it is quite out of the power of 



