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1S24. by a continuance of north-east and easterly 

 October, winds, and was all on the ^' West land." 

 This fiilly accounts for our having met with 

 such great and unexpected impediments in 

 Hudson's Strait, into Avhich it must have 

 poured as into a tunnel. He informed me 

 alsoj that Captain Parry had been seen some 

 time in August, in about 73°^ close beset^ but 

 could give me no other information about 

 him, except that he had heard all were well. 

 From Mr. Valentine I learnt that the ship 

 Dundee was in the greatest distress for pro- 

 visions^ from having, like the many other un- 

 successful ships^ remained out long beyond 

 her time ; I, therefore, kept a good look out, 

 in order to relieve her in case we met. By 

 the Achilles I sent duplicate despatches. The 

 Henriettaj of Leith, passed, and ^^ broomed'* 

 two fish only. 



On the 21st we were surprised by seeing a 

 small ice -berg so far out of the usual track at 

 this late season. A ship being discovered to 

 leeward, I made signals to her at night, hoping 

 she might be the Dundee. She joined on the 

 morning of the 22d, and proved to be the 

 North Pole, of Leith, with only seven fish. 

 The mate came on board, and gave as sad an 

 account of the past season as that which I 



