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appeared no other course but to drive her out, which was deemed the 
only chance of saving the ship and crew. All the canvas that would 
draw was therefore set to force her through; and the wind favouring 
them, they had by four o'clock succeeded in passing the thick and solid 
ice, and shortly afterwards found themselves in clear water, without 
a rudder, the gripe gone, and, as was afterwards found, the stem ground 
down to within an inch and a half of the wood ends. 
The annexed sketch of the bay will exhibit the situation of the 
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Pracock Bay. 
ship more accurately ; it is situated in latitude 65° 55’ 20" S., longitude 
151° 18’ 45” KB. 
The carpenters were still employed on the rudder, and had succeeded 
in removing the broken pieces of the pintles from the second and third 
braces on the stern-post; the upper and lower pintles were broken, 
leaving only two to hang the rudder by. The weather seemed now to 
favour them, and about ten o’clock they had finished the rudder, which 
had been repaired in the best possible manner. Great credit is due to 
Mr. Dibble, the carpenter (who left his sick bed on the occasion), for 
his exertions, attention, and perseverance. He and the carpenter's crew 
worked twenty-four hours without intermission. The ship was now 
hove-to, for it was apprehended that her rolling would render the task 
