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1824. through the slackest part of the eddyj and re- 

 Sept, main in still water, while the ice was swept at 

 the rate of at least three knots to the east- 

 ward, thus entirely depriving us of an addition 

 to our first cargo, of which the hoats were not 

 yet cleared. 



Good ohservations and meridian altitudes, 

 with several angles, assured us of the precise 

 situation of the islands, which was very satis- 

 factory, as their position is incorrectly marked 

 in the charts. 



Mr. Bell, master of the Camden, Hudson's 

 Bay ship, had informed me at the Admiralty, 

 that the Nottingham Island of Captain Parry 

 was incorrectly laid down, and that this island 

 was actually to the southward of Salisbury, 

 which I now found to be exactly as he had 

 said ; but I have no doubt that the small portion 

 of land which we mistook for Nottingham 

 in the last voyage, is in fact one of Baffin's 

 ^^ Mill Islands" the position of which has 

 hitherto been so imperfectly known, and it 

 will therefore only now be requisite to change 

 its name. Our cross bearings gave the south- 

 ern coast of Salisbury, so as to correspond 

 most exactly with the northern part as laid 

 down by Captain Parry, and the form and size 

 of this island is therefore determined with the 



