JOURNAL. 



'* hatching their eggs, and many wild geefe feeding by 

 " the water fide.'* 



When I left the deck at fix in the morning, the weather 

 was remarkably clear, and quite calm. To the N E, 

 amongft the iflands, I faw much ice, but alfo much water 

 between the pieces ; which gave me hopes that when a 

 breeze fprung up, I fiiould be able to get to the North- 

 ward by that way. 



30th. Little winds, and calm all day; we got fome- 

 thing to the Northward and Eaftward. At noon we were 

 by obfervation in latitude 80° 31'. At three in the after- 

 noon we were in longitude 18° 48' E, being amongft the 

 iflands, and in the ice, with no appearance of an opening 

 for the fliip. Between eleven and twelve at night I fent 

 the mafter, Mr. Crane, in the four-oared boat, amongft 

 the ice, to try whether he could get the boat through, 

 and find any opening for the jfhip which might give us a 

 profped of getting farther ; with directions if he could reach 

 the fhore to go up one of the mountains, in order to difcover 

 the ftate of the ice to the Eaftward and Northward. At 

 five in the morning, the ice being all round us, we got 

 out our ice-anchors, and moored along-fide a field. The 

 mafter returned between feven and eight, and with him 

 Captain Lutwidge, who had joined him on fhore. They 

 had afcended an high mountain, from whence thev com- 

 manded a profpedt extending to the Eaft and North Eaft 



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