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stances calculated to choke the pump or pumps 

 which might be introduced into the casks for ex- 

 tracting it*. 



Every thing now going on favourably, whilst our 

 crew and assistants were in full and vigorous em- 

 ployment, I was obliged to retire to seek that re- 

 pose which my wearied frame could want no longer. 

 During 120 hours I had rested only 12, whereas 

 in ordinary circumstances, I should have indulged, 

 myself in 40 or 50 hours of repose. It was not 

 therefore surprising, that the swelling and pain of 

 my legs became so serious, that I could scarcely 

 move about. In justice to Mr Jackson, I may ob- 

 serve, that in the course of the same period, he vo- 

 luntarily submitted to similar privations as myself. 



During the 4th of July, we had a fresh breeze 

 of wind, with fine weather. The floe to which the 

 ship was moored, was found to have performed two- 

 thirds of a revolution in the course of the five pre- 

 ceding days. 



For the purpose of securing the sails which were 

 beneath the ship, in their places, when she should 

 be put in motion, I adopted the following contri- 



* This contrivance we found exceedingly useful ; for on 

 the passage homeward, the chips produced by the carpenters 

 in making the stop-water in the hold, frequently choked our 

 principal pumps, and annoyed us exceedingly. We were re- 

 peatedly obliged to hoist them out and clear the pump well ; 

 sometimes twice or thrice a-day. 



