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chain of iflands. At firft he found the fea more free 

 to the North of the iflands, \vhile he obferved much ice 

 lying between them. He came at length to the laft ifland,. 

 lituated in lat. 77° 25'. Between this ifland and the 

 fliorc, as well as on the other fide of the ifland which lay 

 moil to the North, the ice was firm and immovable. He 

 attempted however to fleer ftill more to the North ; and 

 having advanced about fix miles, he was prevented by 

 a thick fog from proceeding : this fog being difperfed, 

 he faw on each fide, and before him, nothing but ice ; 

 chaTn"of ''^ "" ^^^^ towards the fea was not fixed ; but the accumulated 

 ic'e"'rom"gct '^ maflcs Were all fo clofe, that the fmalleft veflTel could not 



ting to the 



Yenisei. havc workcd its way through. Still attempting however 

 to pafs to the North ; he was forced by the ice N. E. 

 Apprehenfive of being hemmed in, he returned to the 

 Taimura ; and from thence got, with much difficulty 

 and danger, to the Olenek, on the 29th of Augufl. 



This narrative of Prontfhiftflieif's expedition is 

 extra6led from the account of profeflTor * Gmelin : ac- 

 cording to Mr. Muller t, who has given a curfory relation 

 of the fame voyage, ProntfliiftfiiefFdid not quite reach the 

 mouth of the Taimura ; for he there found the chain of 

 iflands ftretching from the continent far into the fea. 

 The channels between the iflands were fo choaked up 



* Gmelin Reife, vol. II. p. 427 to p. 434. 

 ' t S. R. G. III. p. 149, 150. 



with 



