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the pumps being neglected, the water, in the course 

 of two tides, rose nearly as high mthin as without. 

 After the cargo was discharged, the ship was put in- 

 to dock ; and it was found, that excepting the loss 

 of 22 feet of keel, left in Greenland, and the removal 

 of a piece of the starboard garboard-strake, 9 feet in 

 length, with a portion of dead-wood brought home 

 upon deck, no other damage of consequence had been 

 produced by the ice. The main piece of the rudder, 

 indeed, was found to be sprung ; all the rudder works 

 under water, excepting the lowest band, broken ; and 

 the stem -post shaken loose : but these injuries were 

 chiefly sustained when the ship was driven into the 

 ice on the 1st of May. The whole expence of re- 

 pairs did not, I believe, exceed 200 /. 



Though the sacrificeof nearly one-half of our car- 

 go, was a considerable disappointment to the owners, 

 who had been apprised of our success in the fishery, 

 yet, when compared with the salvage which might 

 have been demanded, had no contract been entered 

 into for the assistance of the John, the sacrifice ap- 

 peared to have been a material benefit, having been 

 productive of the saving of perhaps 2000 /. The 

 approbation of my conduct by the o^Miers, Messrs 

 Fishbui'n and Brodrick, was testified, by their pre- 

 senting to me a gratuity of 50 /. ; and the sense en- 

 tertained by the Whitby underwriters of the preser- 

 vation of the ship, was pleasingly manifested, by a 

 present of a handsome piece of plate. 



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