340 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY 



CHAPTER XII. 



A JOURNEY PERFORMED ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OP COCKBURN ISLAND CONFIR- 

 MATION OF AN OUTLET TO THE POLAR SEA PARTIAL DISRUPTION OF THE OLD 



ICE, AND FORMATION OF NEW RETURN THROUGH THE NARROWS TO THE EAST- 

 WARD PROCEED TO EXAMINE THE COAST TO THE NORTH-EASTWARD FURY'S 



ANCHOR BROKEN STAND OVER TO IGLOOLIK TO LOOK FOR WINTER- QUARTERS- 

 EXCURSION TO THE HEAD OF QU1LLIAM 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 OF THE ESQUIMAUX, AND ARRIVAL 



OF SOME OF THE WINTER-ISLAND TRIBE PROPOSED PLAN OF OPERATIONS IN THE 



ENSUING SPRING. 



A light air springing up from the eastward on the morning of the 8th, we 

 took advantage of it to run up to the margin of the fixed ice, which was now 

 perhaps half a mile farther to the westward, in consequence of small pieces 

 being occasionally detached from it, than it had been when we tacked off it 

 ten days before. We here made fast nearly in a line between Amherst and 

 Li dd on Islands, though much nearer to the former, and in fifty-eight fathoms, 

 on a soft muddy bottom. Though the easterly wind continued, the weather, 

 which had been foggy in the morning, cleared up after noon and a beautiful 

 day succeeded. At seven P.M., some water brought up from thirty fathoms' 

 depth was at the temperature of 27§°, and some from fifty-five fathoms at 2?|°; 

 that at the surface being 27§°, and of the air 25|°, the whole being taken by 

 the same thermometer. We noticed, however, a remarkable difference in the 

 temperature of the surface-water on the two sides of the ship, that drawn on 

 the starboard side being, as above stated, at 27§°, and on the larboard 30° 

 and 30|° the whole afternoon. The difference was perhaps on this occasion 

 to be attributed to the sun being more on the larboard side than on the other; 



1822. 

 Sept. 



Sun. 8. 



