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bore from E N E to W N W : at ten near Vogel Sang : July- 



at noon, latitude obferved 79° 56' 39"; wind Eafterly, 

 Continued plying to windward between the land and the 

 ice : was within a quarter of a mile of the ice, which lay 

 from E N E to N N W, when I tacked at two in the 

 afternoon; and within half a cable's length at midnight: 

 the Carcafs was a great way aftern and to leeward all 

 day. Being fo near the laft rendezvous, I did not chufe 

 to bring to for her, but was very anxious to avail myfelf 

 of this favourable opportunity, having the wind off the 

 ice and clear weather, to fee whether there was any 

 opening to the N E of the Head Land. By all the accounts 

 from the Greenlandmen this year, and particularly the laf^ 

 account from the Rockingham, as well as from what we 

 had feen ourfelves, the ice appeared to be quite clofe to 

 the N W. We had feen it from E S E to W N W. It was 

 probable that the fea, if open any where, would be fo to 

 the Eaftvvard, where the Greenlandmen do not often ven- 

 ture, for fear of being prevented from returning by the 

 ice joining to Spitfbergen. I determined therefore, fhould 

 the wind continue in the fame quarter next day, to find 

 whether the ice joined to the land, or was fo detached as 

 to afFord me an opportunity of palling to the Eaftward. 

 In cafe of the ice being faft I could, with the wind Eaflerly,, 

 range clofe along the edge of it to the Weftward. The 

 weather exceedingly fine. At fix in the afternoon, the 

 longitude by the watch was 9° 43' 3a" E. 



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