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covering tlie deck with broken ice. With great trouble 

 the ship moved slowly forwards, sometimes towed and 

 pushed by the men, sometimes sailing through a little 

 water. Nevertheless, we were quite aware that the wind 

 and currents were driving us far from our destination to- 

 wards the south, and indeed, the leeway amounted in seven 

 days (from the 21st to the 28th July) to about seventy-two 

 nautical miles. For awhile we had comparatively low 

 temperature, on the 24th July, for example, 31° Fahr. 



CAPE BROER RUYS. 



Of birds, the Ledris and Procellaria were mostly seen, 

 and the ivory gull daily. Of Radiata, Dr. Buchholz 

 mentions a beautiful ribbed Medusa, with vermilion ribs 

 and fringes. 



On the 28th of July, we found ourselves in 72" 56' N".L. 

 and 16° 54'W.L. On that day we caught sight of the 

 dark, rocky coast of East Greenland for the first time, 

 from Cape Broer Ruys to Cape James. 



Dr. Laube remarks : — " I know now what is meant by 

 making an expedition to the North Pole, and what weighty 

 difficulties lie between East Greenland and Spitzbergen. 

 Scoresby found it easier ; he broke through to the coast 

 just where he found a good place : and we shall evidently 



