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anchorage until after he had made his examinations the next 

 day. This morning, however, the wind was still blowing, and 

 although an attempt was made to land a boat, it had to be 

 abandoned ; Captain Pike, too, was desirous to get the " Kite " 

 down the bay before she was blown on the rocks. Indeed, 

 this was necessary, 

 as the vessel had 

 already had her nose 

 stuck in the mud- ! 

 bank, and it had 

 seemed for a time 

 that she was in a 

 precarious position. 

 Fortunately we escaped with the loss 

 of only about eleven feet of the ves- 

 sel's "shoe." The incident was b}- 

 no means pleasing, and we all fell 

 relieved when the vessel again rode 

 a straight keel. For hours we drifted 

 about, hoping the wind would go 

 down, but finally we headed down 

 the bay. It was impossible to swing 

 the vessel inshore opposite Red- 

 clifTe, and we were obliged to pass our home and continue 

 to Cape Cleveland. Here again we could find no sheltered 

 nook where it would be safe to land a boat, and we sailed 

 back and forth until late in the afternoon, when the captain 



Looking down over the 

 Arctic ( )cean. 



