June 1829. SAIL FROM PORT GALLANT. Q45 
partly falling, but quite against his consent. What he did by 
accident, we were obliged to do, because there was no alter- 
native ; so away we slid, one after another, like so many sledges 
upon Russian ice-hills, holding the instruments as we could, 
by one hand, while the other was employed to check or steady 
us. With a little more of this sort of work, and some strug- 
gling through the wood at the bottom, we reached the shore, 
where a boat was waiting for us, and at about eight arrived on 
board, in a half-wet, half-frozen condition.* 
“19th. Every thing was brought on board, the ship un- 
moored, and all made ready for our departure next morning. 
“© 20th. Sailed from Port Gallant, leaving the Adelaide to 
rate her chronometers, and rejoin us before leaving the Strait, 
In the evening we anchored in Elizabeth Bay, after a severe 
day’s struggle against a strong and contrary wind, with much 
rain. 
“21st. Blowing hard again this morning from the N.W., 
with a great deal of rain. Weighed and made sail under reefed 
courses and treble reefed topsails, but the wind and tide were 
more than a match for us, so we stood across into Whale 
Sound, and worked up under the lee of Carlos Island, finding 
the tide there rather in our favour. The ‘ williwaws’ (1 know 
no better name for the sudden gusts that come off the high 
land) gave us some trouble, occasionally laying us almost on 
our beam ends. At half past two I was induced to anchor 
under the lee of the south-east extremity of Carlos Island, 
and thought our day’s work was repaid by a snug position close 
to a weather-shore, besides having made some little progress ; 
but after dark the wind became more violent, and a williwaw 
drove us out into deep water. We set the storm sails, which, 
with the weather-tide, known to be then making strongly, I 
hoped would take her a-head sufficiently to clear Rupert Island 
(lying under our lee), and all hands then went to the capstan 5 
but while heaving-in the cable, our bower anchor again caught 
the ground and brought us up. We veered away cable 
* The wristbands of our shirts, and all our outer clothes, were coated 
with ice, while our inner clothing was wet through. 
