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side and a pan of ice on the other; and it was out 

 of our }»o\ver to relieve her, as the ice was about 

 seven feet thick. 



Weather niucli the same as before. 



TliHisilaif, J Kite 15, 1775. At noon I took a walk 

 on the island, killed a grouse with my rifle, and 

 had a good course after a hare. At half flood I 

 returned, wlien. the boat being aflonf and the Avind 

 eunsidcrabh' al)atod, with incredible laliour and 

 difficulty, and not without much danger, we 

 warped the vessel through the ice, got under sail 

 and worked farther olT. 81ie got such a squeeze 

 last night, as to prove so leaky this morning, that 

 we could hardly keep her a float. I sent the skiff 

 in for the small anchor, ])ut, not being able to get 

 at it, they cut the road and left it. By midnight 

 we had got almost all on board again, except the 

 salt; it then began to blow smart again, and we 

 weighed and ran round the point into Batteau 

 Harboin*. 



Friduji, June 16, 1775. At one this morning, 

 we anchored in Batteau Harbour, and at six, ob- 

 serving the main jam coming fast u]ion us, even 

 against a fresh of wind. F scut the skiff on shore 

 to bring off wliat ever tliey could get, across the 

 neck; and before she i-etin'n(ul we were obliged 

 to weigh and put to sea, and Imd but just time 

 to pass, between ;i i.ojnl .•iiid llic jee. Tlie skiff 

 joined us soon after and bmuulif my kyack, \n\\ 

 left flic rest of 111,, tilings and a bloodliomid be- 

 hind. Tliry |-c|.(,|-lc(l. Iliat llie wliole coxe, which 

 T named Devil's Cove, was full of di-ift ice; and 



