Nov. 1857. PROXIMITY OF OPEN SEA. 73 



That the ice has been most free to move in 

 this direction is additional evidence of the recent 

 proximity of an open sea, and shows that in all 

 probability — I had almost said certainty — we 

 should have sailed, or at least drifted into it, 

 had it not been for those enemies to aU pro- 

 gress, the grounded bergs. 



