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THE (lEiniAN AECTK," EXrEDITION. 



forward until the complete blocking up of the Hansa, 

 the captain's log-book unfolds a succession of reverses, 

 troubles, and dangers. August 14th, fast ; shot a Polar 

 bear ; stream south-west ^° W. ; made thirteen nautical 

 miles in forty-eight hours : 15th, we are nearer the coast 

 than we have yet been. Shannon I. distant forty-eight 



THE " KLOWER-IiASKET.' 



nautical miles. Pendulum, fifty-nine; thick ice. 16th, 

 thermometer, 25° Fahr. ; fine weather. Stuck fast to the 

 floe, drifting steadily southward. Warping quite use- 

 less. 18th and 19th warped again. Made some few 

 ship's lengths. Open water to the north-west, which we 

 reached on the 23rd, hoping to sail farther westw^ard. 



