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themselves ; and I am still of opinion that, min 

 as re were with them, the first blood we had shed 

 would have been instantly revenged by the sacrifice of 

 all our Ih 



Bui to resume the narrative of the voyage. The 

 me moderate and fair ; the sails were t 

 and we i i-- d along the cast in a W. N. W. direc- 

 tion, until eleven in the evening, when we halted on 

 a low island, covered with drift wood, to repair the 

 sails, and to put the boats in proper order for a • 

 voyage. Tin- continuance and increase of the favor- 

 able wind urged ns to make all possible despatch, and 

 >• at three in the morning of the 9th again em- 

 barking, we kepi in three fathoms waters at the distance 

 of two miles from the land. After sailing twelve 

 miles, our progn — was completely Btopped by thi 

 adhering to the Bhore, and Btretching beyond the lim- 

 its of our view to seaward. We could not effect a 

 landing until we had gone had; some miles, as we had 

 passed a sheel of ice which was fast to the Bhore ; 

 hut at Length a convenient Bpoi being found, the b 

 were hauled up on the beach; We quickly ascended 

 t,, the top of the bank to look around, and from th< 



had the mortification to perceive that we had JUSI ar- 

 rived in time to witness the firsl ruj-tm 

 The only lane of water in the direction of 0U1 

 was that from which we had been forced to retn 



