AN 



UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO REACH 



REPULSE BAY, 



BY 



SIR THOMAS ROWE'S WELCOME. 



On Thursday, June 10th, 1824, at eight 1824. 

 A.M., the Earl of Liverpool steam-vessel June. 

 took us in tow, and, leaving our hulk at 

 Deptford, at three P.M., we anchored at 

 Greenhithe. 



On the 11th, Professor Barlow, for whom 

 we had waited at Greenhithe, came on hoard, 

 and fitted his plate for correcting the com- 

 passes from the effects of local attraction. 

 On the 12th we weighed, and working down 

 the river, anchored at night in Lee Roads. 

 Weighing at day-light on the 13th, we reached 

 the Little Nore at noon, and found lying there 

 his majesty's sm'veying-vessel. Snap, Lieut. 

 F. Bullock, who having taken on hoard a por- 

 tion of our stores, in consequence of the 



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