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and thirst. A little moss, scratclieil west, and tlicieby enabled them to 



from the surface of the rocks under reacli the land williont <liHiciilty. On 



the snow, and the raw flcsli of the the 6th of October, they found a small 



dogs which they killed, added to that boat, which the crew of tlw' Castricum 



of a iew animals which they caug;ht, had abandoned, and a man in it, who, 



were the only resources within their being unable to accompany the rest, 



reach. At length, after numberless was only looking for death. On the 



accidents and fatigues, they arrived on same day, tluec of their comrades, 



the 13th of iMarch at Fredericksliaab, that had been left behind, overtook 



a Danish settlement, where they exjie- them, basing been obliged to abandon 



rieuced a truly generous treatment, an old man on the extremity of an ice- 



and all possii)le aid was administered flake, wliere he must have perished. 



to them. Here they remained till They all, however, embarked, and 



tiiey could get their health re-esta- were long tossed up and down before 



hlished, and embark for Denmark. At they could reach Greenland. Tiie sa- 



last they were fortunate enough to vage tribes were hospitable, sharing 



arrive in Holland. their wretched provisions with them. 



The Captains Castricum andBroer- They, at last, also arrived at a Danish 



ties, with such as had taken their route settlement, where provisions were in 



to the nortli, arrived in like manner, no great plenty ; but they were kindly 



without any particular accident, at entertained with the best. At Hol- 



Frederiekshaab ; with the exception Steinberg (lat. G7°) they learned, that 



of Broertles, who died on the road. a ship, belonging to the King of Den- 



Their companions in misfortune, mark, was at anciior about two miles 



who could not come to a resolution of from tlie shore. The ship wasobliged to 



joining them, had preserved a canoe, winterhere,andtoproceedon11ie(ishery 



and a small quantity of provisions, in the spring, before tliey could return 



The mass of ice on which they were to Denmark. The shipwrecked sailors 



was driving towards Staatems Hock ; sought and procured employment oii- 



it would not bear them much longer, board, and, after a prosperous voyage, 



as the sea was rolling, and, with the were conveyed to Denmark, whence, 



movement, the ice was gradually dimi- finally, they obtained a passage for 



uishing : in fact, they were in the Holland. 



greatest danger of being lost. In that Out of 400 men in the ships that 



crisis, th£ wind changed to the north- were lost, only these 140 were saved. 



NEW PATENTS AND MECHANICAL INVENTIONS. 



To Joseph Main, of Bagnio-cowt, 

 Newgate-street ; for an improved Me- 

 thod of preparing and spinning Wool, 

 Cotton, Silk, Flax, Fur, and all other 

 fibrous Substances. — Jan. 15, 1820. 



AFTER the wool, cotton, silk, flax, 

 fur, or other fibrous material to 

 be operated upon, has been hackled, 

 carded, or otherwise dressed or pre- 

 pared (according to its nature) for the 

 purpose of its being spun, it must be 

 drawn by some, or one, of the usual 

 and accustomed modes of preparing 

 and drawing such materials. After 

 this, Mr. M. takes up the process, and 

 proceeds to rove it by the improved 

 spindle, bobbin, and flyers, hereinafter 

 described, and by which it is not only 

 further drawn, but sligiitly twisted at 

 the same time, and by this means the 

 loose fibres and short staple become 

 worked in willi that which is hmger, 

 and the roving becomes so much im- 

 proved, that much less doubling than 



heretofore used is suBicient. The 

 twisting and drawing of the rovingsis 

 brought ai)OUtby machinery similar to 

 that which he uses for spinning and 

 doubling, its size and velocity only 

 being varied; and it consists princi- 

 pally in improvements upon the ordi- 

 nary spindle, bobbin, and ilyers, and in 

 regulating their comparative velocity 

 to each other, which he dots with so 

 much nicety and delicacy, as to enable 

 him to produce much finer rovings, 

 and as good or better yarns, or threads 

 in greater quantity, in a given lime, 

 than could be done by any other |)ro- 

 eess heretofore in use ; and the con- 

 struclion is the same (strength and 

 magnitude only excepted), whether 

 the same is applied to hand or null- 

 spinning. The operation of the ma- 

 chinery is likewise more steady, and 

 may be made more rapid, than that of 

 any other, because this (le!ica<-v ofiid- 

 justment, pr(jdueed by the invention, 

 permits 



