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tent, as there cannot be: any,doubt. but that all! in: the Isabella 
were fully, convinced of, the continuity of land. at the-bottom of 
this inlet, or, as'I may-now venture to.call it, agreeably-to: Baffin, 
‘sound.’ In-order to! show the vacant space, oropening, where 
we did not see any land,.a.correct copy of the ship’s: log: for this 
day is inserted in the Appendix. In-this the different bearings, as 
well as'the other nautical,remarks, are noted in the order in which 
they were.taken. Our latitude at noon, by/account, was 74° 
08’ 56” N. and.longitude, by chronometer, 80° 29’ 55’ W. At 
the time. we tacked, namely, at/ forty minutes past three-P:M., 
our latitude, by account; was 74° 14°50”,, and: our longitude, 
also by account, 81°. 09°50" W. This. was-our furthest progress 
west, in. the inlet, or sound.” 
We learn ‘also from the work before-us, that:it was not at-Lan+ 
caster Sound alone, that the fact of anorth-we.at passage has been 
left in doubt. The-following-extract’ relates to what Baffin has 
called Sir Thomas Smith’s Sound, which: was: visited by: the-ships 
previous, to reaching: Lancaster Sound: 
‘* During the remainder of the» day (Thursday the: 20th. of 
August) I: passed the greater part of my time! on deck, anxious.to 
see whether the main land, to the eastward, that is, the coast of 
Greenland, and that’ to the westward-joined; but this I had- not 
at any time the good fortune to see, although from:-ten.o’clock 
until midnight the weather was:remarkably,fine and-clear, It is 
probable. that the chasm, or open space, te the northward, where 
not, any-laud could be traced dy; me; might be that which, Baffin 
calls. Sir. Thomas Smith’s Sound ;-and ify agreeably to his rela- 
tion, this: isthe deepest and-largest: sound: in-all this bay,’ it:is 
not likely that we should-have seen the bottom of} it: atysuch’a 
distance, as we estimate that we are twenty; leagues from. the 
northern extreme of the west land visible. By this-estimation, 
the latitude of the northernmost land seen will be about 77°39 N. 
which is twenty-one. miles: on; this: side (to: the southward), of 
where’ Baffin, places: the: bottom of Sir'Thomas Smith’s Sound. 
** Our latitude, to-day-at noon, was 76° 40’ 52’ N.,, and at 
fifty, minutes after twelve o’clock, A.M., being the:time when:we 
were furthest north, 76° 46’ 40” N. Our longitude at that time, 
by. aecount, was 73° 56’ Ws Thei magnetic dip: was:taken:on an 
iceberg, in) the. afternoon, and: found,. bythe mean of three ob- 
servers, namely, Captain Sabine, LieutenantParry, and Mr. Bush- 
nan, to be §6° C8’ 92”. They: found also; at-this iceberg, a’tide 
setting K. by'N. (true), at the rate of onemile per hour: it! was 
ebbing, but fell au inch or two only at the:time they were there. 
** We found soundings at night in eighty-five fathoms. There 
was then a remarkable difference in the specific gravity of the 
sea- 
