TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS. ae 7 
this occasion, to perform this last duty which we 
owe to one another; we all walked two and two, 
in regular procession, and in the order which is 
always observed on these occasions. * 
Friday, 7th. — The weather has been remark- 
ably fine since the beginning of this month, the ice 
on the harbour is now full of holes in the neigh- 
bourhood of the ships, and along shore it is 
entirely detached from the land at high water; we 
found the thickness of it in several places where 
we measured it this evening, to vary from a foot, 
to eighteeninches. In the course of the afternoon 
a large flock of loons flew across the harbour, 
going to the westward, from which we are inclined 
to think, that there is some open water in that 
direction, and we have reason to suppose, that we 
shall soon have it here also. A few days ago 
we picked up on the surface of the ice, between 
the ships and the shore, three fish, between ten 
inches and a foot long each, which answered to 
the character given by Linneeus of the pouting 
whiting. We presumed that they got on the surface 
* On a slab of schistose sandstone about three feet long, and 
two feet broad, there was cut the following inscription : 
(73 To 
The Memory of 
Wo. Scorr, Seaman, 
His Britannic Majesty’s ship 
Hecla ; 
Obiit June 30th, 1820. 
sEt. 33 years.” 
This stone was placed at the head of the grave, with its front 
facing to the westward ; and the grave itself was covered with 
stone, in order to prevent its being disturbed by wolves, or any 
other animals. 
