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CHAPTER XI. 



The Ocean still frozen over on the 22d of June. — On the 2-lth the 

 Ice began to break up. — Whales appear. — Walrus follow the Ice. 

 — Daily looking for Ships. — Report of our Wreck five hundred 

 Miles below East Cape. — Method of sending News by the Na- 

 tives. — Ships notified of our Condition. — How. — The Resolution 

 of Captains Jernegan and Goosman. — Arrival of two Ships off 

 East Cape. — Natives first spy them. — Stir in the Settlement. — 

 Happy Day of Deliverance. — Words feeble to express our Joy. — 

 A fit Occasion for Gratitude and Thanks to God. — Preparations 

 to go on board. — The Welcome of Captain Goosman. — Captain 

 Norton with Captain Jernegan. — Crew collected. — Changed our 

 native for sailor Dress. — Liberality of the Officers and Crews in 

 furnishing Clothes. — A Review of the Past. — The Settlement 

 visited. — Dinner. — Arrival at the Islands. — A Card. 



V 



On the 22d of June, every thing, so far as the 

 eye could reach, remained the same upon the 

 ocean as in midwinter ; and, to appearance, there 

 was no immediate prospect that the ice would 

 break up for some time to come. 



On the 24th, however, only two days after- 

 wards, vast masses of ice had left the ocean, 

 water appeared in every direction, though the 

 shore along the coast was piled up with immense 

 blocks and sheets of ice ; and in the distance we 

 could clearly perceive varied elevations of ice- 



