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Resolution ; and Lieutenant Will ianison was appointed 

 first lieutenant of the Discovery, Captain Gore also 

 permitted me to take into the Discovery four mid- 

 shipmen, who had made themselves useful to me in 

 astronomical calculations, and whose assistance was 

 now particularly necessary, as we had no epliemeris 

 for the present year. And, that astronomical observ- 

 ations might continue to be made in both ships, 

 Mr. Bayley took my place in the Resolution. The 

 same day we were visited by the Pope Romanoff 

 Vereshagen, the worthy priest of Paratounca. He 

 expressed his sorrow at the death of Captain Gierke 

 in a manner that did honour to his feelings, and con- 

 firmed the account given by the Serjeant, respecting 

 the intended removal of the church to the harbour ; 

 adding, that the timber was actually preparing, but 

 leaving the choice of either place entirely to Captain 

 Gore. 



The Discovery, as has been mentioned, had suffered 

 great damage from the ice, particularly on the 

 L 23d day of July ; and having, ever since, been 

 exceedingly leaky, it was imagined that some of her 

 timbers had started. Captain Gore therefore sent 

 the carpenters of the Resolution to assist our own in 

 repairing her ; and accordingly, the forehold being 

 cleared, to lighten her forward, they were set to 

 work to rip the damaged sheathing from the larboard 

 bow. This operation discovered, that three feet of 

 the third strake, under the wale, were staved, and 

 the timbers within started. A tent was next erected 

 for the accommodation of such of our people as were 

 employed on shore ; and a party were sent a mile 

 into the country, to the northward of the harbour, to 

 fell timber. The observatories were erected at the 

 west end of the village, near a tent, in which Captain 

 Gore and myself took up our abode. 



The farther we proceeded in removing the sheath- 

 ing, the more we discovered of the decayed state of 

 the ship's hull. The next morning, eight feet of a 



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