NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO SVITZBERGEX. 485 



On the 24th, we steered S. b. W. i W. with an 

 east wind, instead of S. W. h. S., the usual course, 

 for fear of getting on a lee-shore, off which, from the 

 almost unmanageable state of the ship, it would not 

 have been possible to work. On the 25th, the wind 

 veered to N. N. W., and our velocity was consider- 

 able. The Phoenix accompanied us, and assisted 

 us by towing, during the day. 



At 7 A. M. of the following day, we descried the 

 British land. At noon, St Abb's Head was at N. 

 W. b. N., distant fifteen miles. In the afternoon the 

 Phoenix left us and made sail, by the way of carry- 

 ing the intelligence of our approach, and was, in a 

 short time, far a-head*. In the evening we had a 

 south wind, and at night a westerly breeze, under 

 which we proceeded with a pressvire of sail along the 

 coast. At day-light of the 27th, we were rejoiced 

 with a sight of our port- Knowing the flow of water 

 to be sufficient for the ship, and there being a pro- 

 bability of reaching tlie harbour before the tide was 

 too much fallen, we pressed towards it with every 

 sail we could set ; and having received a pilot as we 

 approached the pier, we immediately entered the 

 harbour, and grounded at 51 a. m. in a place of 

 safety. 



Thus, througli tlie peculiar favour of God, by 

 whose influence oiu* perseverance was stimulated, and 



The Phoenix, owing to some little accident, arrived in 

 tlie harbour a tide later than us. 



