Wo DR) OD: OG: EF torn: 
Mr. Knight foon left Gravefend, and proceed- 
edon his voyage; but the fhip not returning to 
England that year, as was expected, it was judg- 
ed that fhe had wintered in Hudfon’s Bay ; and 
having on board a good ftock of provifions, a 
houfe in frame, together with all neceflary mecha- 
nics, and a great aflortment of trading goods, 
little or no thoughts were entertained of their not 
being in fafety: but as neither fhip nor floop re- 
turned to England in the following year, (one 
thoufand feven hundred and twenty,) the Com- 
pany were much alarmed for their welfare; and, 
by their fhip which went to Churchill in the year 
one thoufand. feven hundred and twenty-one, 
they fent orders for a floop called the Whale Bone, 
John Scroggs Mafter, to go in fearch of them; 
but the fhip not arriving in Churchill till late in 
the year, thofe orders could not be put in execu- 
tion till the fummer following (one thoufand fe- 
ven hundred and twenty-two), 
The North Weft coaft of Hudfon’s Bay being 
little known in thofe days, and Mr. Scroggs 
finding himfelf greatly embarrafled with fhoals 
_and rocks, returned to Prince of Wales’s Fort 
without making any certain difcovery refpecting 
the above fhip or floop; for all the marks he 
faw among the Efquimaux at Whale Cove {carce- 
Jy amounted to the fpoils which might have been 
made from a trifling accident, and confequently 
could not be confidered as figns of a total fhip- 
wreck. 
The 
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