CONTENTS. 



Fall — Favourable Passage to the Northward — Arrival off the Strait of the Fury and 

 Hecla — Progress opposed by a fixed barrier of Ice — Communicate with the Natives of 

 Igloolik — Unsuccessful attempts to get between the Ice and the Land — Land upon the 

 Calthorpe Islands — The Fury drifted by the Ice between two Islands — Account of a Jour- 

 ney performed in Sledges up an Inlet to the Westward .... 249 



CHAPTER XI. 



Remarkable instance of local Attraction on the Magnetic Needles — Occasional separation of 

 a portion of the fixed Ice — A Whale killed — Other Charts drawn by the Esquimaux — 

 Account of a Journey to the Narrows of the Strait— Discovery of the Sea to the West- 

 ward — Total disruption of the Ice at the Eastern entrance of the Strait — A second 

 instance of local Attraction on the Compasses — Sail through the Narrows, and again 

 stopped by fixed Ice — Account of several land Journeys and boat Excursions — Observa- 

 tions on the Tides — Continued obstacles from fixed Ice , . 296 



CHAPTER XII. 



A Journey performed along the South Shore of Cockburn Island— Confirmation of an Outlet 

 to the Polar Sea — Partial disruption of the old Ice, and formation of new — Return 

 through the Narrows to the Eastward — Proceed to examine the Coast to the North-east- 

 ward—Fury's Anchor broken— Stand over to Igloolik to look for Winter-quarters — 

 Excursion to the Head of Quilliam Creek — Ships forced to the Westward by gales of 

 Wind — A Canal sawed through the Ice, and the Ships secured in their Winter Station — 

 Continued visits to the Esquimaux, and arrival of some of the Winter-Island Tribe — Pro- 

 posed plan of operations in the ensuing Spring . . . . 340 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Preparations for the Winter— Various Meteorological Phenomena to the close of the year 1822 

 — Sickness among the Esquimaux — A Hospital built near the Ships for their accommoda- 

 tion—Meteorological Phenomena to the end of March— Abstract of the comparative 

 mean Winter temperature at Melville Island, Winter Island, and Igloolik . . 376 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Various Journeys to the Esquimaux Stations — Illness and decease of Mr. Alexander Elder — 

 Preparations for the Hecla's return to England — Remarkable Halos, fyc. — Shooting Parties 

 stationed at Arlagnuk— Journeys to Quilliam Creek — Arrival of Esquimaux from the 

 Northward — Account of a Journey to the Westward for the purpose of reaching the Polar 

 Sea — The Esquimaux report two Fishing Ships having been wrecked— A Journey per- 

 formed to Cockburn Island — Discovery of Murray Maxwell Inlet . . . 423 



CHAPTER XV. 



Extraordinary disruption of Ice in Quilliam Creek— Some appearance of Scurvy among the 

 Seamen and Marines-— Account of a Journey with Sledges to Cockburn Island — Dis- 

 covery of Gifford River — Commence cutting the Ice outside the Ships to release them 

 from their Winter-Quarters— Considerations respecting the return of the Expedition to 



