238 Stores of the "Fury." 



sail yards were also on the beach ; but there were 

 no signs whatever of the hull of the ship, or of 

 her lower masts and yards. She must have been 

 crushed up or carried away by the ice many years ago. 

 Three bower anchors were on the beach, one of them 

 having a large 10 -inch hawser attached to it. They 

 were 22 and 25 cwt. anchors, the latter being- a 

 patent one, marked Ii,. F. Hawkins. There were 

 many hundred tins of preserved beef and vege- 

 tables, and also what one of the men informed me 

 was " consecrated " gravy, all in an admirable state 

 of preservation, after a lapse of nearly fifty years. 

 The flour was all perished, but the sugar and tobacco 

 appeared to be good. One would have imagined it 

 had been the wreck of a whaler instead of a man-of- 

 war, for a perfect set of whaling implements, inclu- 

 ding harpoons and lances, was on the beach. 

 Readers of Parry's voyage will remember that Ross 

 and Sherer succeeded in killing a " payable " whale 

 off Port Bo wen. 1 The metal powder-cases had all 

 been broken open, and some of the powder was 

 scattered about. I tried some of it, which ignited, 

 but it burnt slowly. 



On landing I found a pair of large deer antlers, 

 of which I made prize. As I could not find the 

 skull, they had probably been shed there by the 



1 Parry's " Third Voyage," p. 89. 



