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situation. At about 3 p. m., they found that the gripe had been 

 beaten off, and they were now bruising up the stem and grinding 

 away the bows. There appeared no other course but to drive her 

 out, which was deemed the only chance of saving the ship and crew. 

 All the canvass that would draw was, therefore, set to force her 

 through ; and the wind favotiring them, they had by four o'clock suc- 

 ceeded 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 

 ship more accurately; it is situated in latitude 65° 55' 20" S., longi- 

 tude 151° 18' 45" E. 



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TEACOCK BAY. 



The carpenters were still employed on the rudder, and had suc- 

 ceeded 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 



