340 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY 



CHAPTER XII. 



A JOURNEY PERFORMED ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF COCKBVRN ISLAND CONFIR- 

 MATION OF AN OUTLET TO THE POLAR SEA PARTIAL DISRUPTION OF THE OLD 



ICE, AND FORMATION OF NEW RETURN THROUGH THE NARROWS TO THE EAST- 

 WARD PROCEED TO EXAMINE THE COAST TO THE NORTH-EASTWARD FURY'S 



ANCHOR BROKEN STAND OVER TO IGLOOLIK TO LOOK FOR WINTER-QUARTERS 



EXCURSION TO THE HEAD OF QUILLIAM CREEK SHIPS FORCED TO THE WESTWARD 



BY G.\LES OF WIND A CANAL SAWED THROUGH THE ICE, AND THE SHIPS SECURED 



IN THEIR WINTER STATION CONTINUED VISITS OF THE ESQUIMAUX, AND ARRIVAL 



OP SOME OF THE WINTER-ISLAND TRIBE PROPOSED PLAN OF OPERATIONS IN THE 



ENSUING SPUING. 



A LIGHT air spiingiiij^ up from (he eastward on the morning of the 8th, we 

 took advantage o!" it to run up to tlie margin of the fixed ice, which was now 

 perhaps half a mile fartlier to tlic westward, in consequence of small pieces 

 being occasionally detached from it, than it had been when we tacked off it 

 ten days before. We here made fast nearly in a line between Amherst and 

 Liddon Islands, though much nearer to the former, and in fifty-eight fathoms, 

 on a soft muddy bottom. Though the easterly wind continued, the weather, 

 which had been foggy in the morning, cleared up after noon and a beautiful 

 day succeeded. At seven P.]M., some water brought up from thirty fathoms' 

 depth was at the temperature of 27f°, and some from fifty-five fathoms at 27|°; 

 that at the surface being 27f°, and of the air 25g°, the whole being taken by 

 the same thermometer. We noticed, however, a remarkable dift'erence in the 

 temperature of the surface-water on the two sides of the ship, that drawn on 

 the starboard side being, as above stated, at 27|°, and on the larboard 30° 

 and 30|° the whole afternoon. The difference was perhaps on this occasion 

 to be attributed to the sun being more on the larboard side than on the other; 



