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The {hip driving, 1 weighed and flood out to fea under an July 

 eafy fail, firing guns frequently to fliew the Carcafs where 

 we were ; and in lefs than two hours joined her. Soon 

 after (about four in the morning of the 5th) the Rock- 

 ingham Greenland Ship ran under our flern, and the 

 mafler told me he had jufl fpoke with fome fhips from 

 which he learnt, that the ice was within ten leagues of 

 Hacluyt's Head Land, to the North Wefl. In confe- 

 quence of this intelligence, I gave orders for fleering in 

 towards the Head Land ; and if it fhould clear up, to fleer 

 diredly for it ; intending to go North from thence, till 

 fome circumflance fhould oblige me to alter my courfe. 



5th. At five the officer informed me, that we were 

 very near fome iflands ofl" Dane's Gat, and that the pilot 

 wifhed to ftand farther out ; I ordered the fhip to be 

 kept NbW, and hauled farther in, when clear of the 

 iflands. At noon I fleered North, feeing nothing of the 

 land; foon after I was told that they faw the ice: 

 I went upon deck, and perceived fomething white upon 

 the bow, and heard a noife like the furf upon the fhore ; 

 I hauled down the fludding fails, and hailed the Carcafs 

 to let them know that I fhould fland for it to make what 

 it was, having all hands upon deck ready to haul up at a 

 moment's warning : I defired that they would keep clofe 

 to us, the fog being fo thick, and have every body up 

 ready to follow onr motions inftantaneoufly, determining 

 to fland on under fuch fail as fhould enable us to keep 



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