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ward out of Hayes 

 Sound. A signal was 

 immediately made to 

 start under sail, get- 

 ting up steam in the 

 meantime. By the 

 time we were outside 

 the harbour, a clear 

 channel had opened 

 round the cape, and 

 with lightened hearts 

 and much rejoicing Ave 

 ran quickly along the 

 land. Our passage to 

 the northward still re- 

 mained blocked by im- 

 penetrable ice ; so that 

 whether we pleased or 

 not, an advance could 

 only be made in a 

 north - westerly direc- 

 tion up Hayes Sound. 

 Very heavy ice was 

 piled up more than 

 thirty feet high against 

 the extreme northern 

 point of Cape Sabine, 

 indicating recent se- 

 vere pressure from the 

 pack. The ice met 

 with between Elles- 

 mere Land and Bache 



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