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where the injury had been received, as it greatly 
impeded our advance. 
We passed many icebergs on the 10th, and in 
the evening we tacked from a level field of ice, 
which extended northward as far as the eye could 
reach. Our leak remained in the same state; 
the pumps discharged in three minutes the quan- 
tity of water which had been received in fifteen. 
The ship could not be got near to the land 
before the afternoon of the 11th. At four P.M. 
we hove to, opposite to, and about five miles 
distant from, the spot on which we had first 
struck on Saturday. Every glass was directed 
along the shore (as they had been throughout the 
day,) to discover any trace of our absent consort; 
but, as none was seen, our solicitude respecting 
her was much increased, and we feared the crew 
might be wrecked on this inhospitable shore. 
Guns were frequently fired to apprize any who 
might be near of our approach; but, as no one — 
appeared, and no signal was returned, and the 
loose ice was setting down towards the ship, we | 
bore up to proceed to the next appointed rendez- 
vous. At8 P.M. we were abreast of the S.W. 
end of the island called Cape Resolution, which 
is a low point, but indicated at a distance by a 
lofty round backed hill that rises above it. We 
entered Hudson’s Straits soon afterwards, 
