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England in 1829, and after passing through many privations 

 were rescued in August, 1833. They were supposed to have 

 been dead two years. They had passed the last winter at 

 Fury Beach, named after the ship Fury, which was wrecked 

 there in 1825. At the present time, there is a canister of 

 preserved meat, a stove, and a boat's compass, which were 

 left at Fury Beach by Sir E. Parry in 1825, and brought to 

 England by the Isabella, and presented to the Trinity 

 House, Hull, by Captain Humphrey. 



The following is an abstract from Captain J. Ross's voyage 

 in the Victoria: "Having made arrangements with the 

 John, of Greenock, whaler, to accompany him to Davis's 

 Straits, the men cowardly refused at the last moment, so 

 that Captain Ross had to sail without a companion. The 

 following year, 1830, on board the John, of Greenock, a 

 mutiny took place, attended by death of the master, Coomb, 

 but under circumstances which have not yet been rightly 

 explained, so far as can be understood. The mate, with a 

 boat's crew, was expelled at the same time, and having 

 never since been heard of, are supposed to have perished on 

 the ice. The ship was then put under the command of the 

 Specksoneer, and lost on the Western Coast, when many of 

 the crew were drowned, the remainder being saved by a 

 whaler which was accidentally passing." 



We ran to the southward, and when off Scott's Inlet fell 

 in with the other vessels. Most of them had made a good 

 voyage. This was very dishearting to us, as we were so 

 very near to them at the Vrow Islands. If the calm at that 

 place had continued two hours longer, our prospects of 

 making a good voyage would have been much brighter. 



Such reverses of fortune are frequent in this country, and 

 shews that perseverance is not always attended with success. 

 One ship may be fortunate in getting whales, whilst 

 another situated a quarter of a mile distant would not be 

 able to get one. 



