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a superior manner to his companions, but exhibited an 

 eagerness, equal to theirs, to benefit by the visit of the 

 ships. This youth was also drawn by dogs on a miserable 

 looking sledge, formed rudely of broad laths, covered with 



obtained this day, in consequence of the contrary wind, and the 

 descent of the ice, which it required much skilful management to keep 

 clear of: sterna hirundo plying his delicate pinion ; whUst the pro- 

 cellaria glaciaUs seemed quite at ease, cleaving the breeze without 

 apparent effort. 



July 5: ther. 32°, 38°, 35°: wind S.E., fresh breeze : the vapour, 

 on the changing of the wind, became converted into rain, which 

 fell incessantly for nearly twelve hours, when at ten a. m. the cloud 

 assumed all the various forms of cirrostratus, fiom the light brown 

 vapour to the densest streak : Horsehead on the ship's beam distant 

 six miles. 



Along this coast the land appears in no place flat or level, neither 

 is the elevation of any part considerable ; but the iron-coloured 

 rock dips at once into the sea, which is here of unknown depth. 

 Numerous islands lie at various distances from each other, forming 

 little bays and inlets. Horsehead, so called fiom some fancied re- 

 semblance, is one of these islands, beyond which is Hickson's Bay, 



