2 A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 
Friday, 3d. —We were coasting along the land 
again to-day, but the wind being very light we made 
but little progress ; our longitude in the afternoon by 
chronometer was only 108°. We have the satisfaction 
however of finding that want of wind is our only ob- 
stacle, for the sea is quite clear along the land. 
Saturday, 4th. — At seven o’clock this afternoon, 
we accomplished the first portion of the discovery of 
the north-west passage, deemed by the British go- 
vernment worthy of reward! for at that hour we 
crossed the meridian of 110° of longitude, west of 
Greenwich. The exact time of our crossing it was 
well ascertained, as we had good sights for the chro- 
nometers at six o’clock P.M., the mean of which gave 
longitude 109° 50’ W., and the patent log shewed 
when the other ten miles had been accomplished. 
The only land in sight at this time was that on which 
we were ashore two days ago, and it is somewhat re- 
markable, that, at this very place, there should be a 
bold cape, which is indeed the first and only high land 
that we have seen since we made this coast. The 
ridge of high land, or mountains, that terminated in 
this promontory, extended inland as far as we could 
see. A little to the westward of the above cape, a low 
projecting point of land juts out to the southward, so 
as to form between them a sort of open bay. ‘The 
land to the westward of this assumes again its usual 
form, namely, low, smooth, or even surfaced, and 
rising gradually from the coast towards the interior. 
The sea to the southward is still covered with ice, 
but there is as usual an open channel between it and 
the land, as far as we can see to the westward, so that 
nothing appears to be wanting but a brisk breeze of 
