OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. 483 



some distance to the northward of where Fox turned back, and that the 

 band of ice from which we had now extricated our ships continues down to 

 the neighbourhood of Carey's Swan's Nest, producing the obstruction occa- 

 sionally met with by the Hudson's Bay ships on their return homewards in 

 the autumn. 



During the time we were beset in and near Lyon Inlet, advantage was 

 taken of the deep water to try its temperature at different depths, as shewn 

 in the following Table : 



Days, 1823. 



Time. 



Whole 

 depth of 

 Water. 



brought up 

 from a depth 



of 



Temperature of 



Water brought 

 up. 



Surface 

 Water. 



Air. 







Fathoms. 



Fathoms. 









September 3d, 



2 P.M. 



190 



180 



o(J 



oU . 



Af\ 

 4u 





4 „ 



176 



150 



30 



30 



38 



„ 4th, 



9 A.M. 



207 



200 



30.5 



30.5 



37 





Noon. 



175 



170 



30.5 



30.5 



39 





2 P.M. 



184 



140 



31 



31 



42 





7 >, 



108 



100 



30.5 



30 



37 



,, 5th, 



1 „ 



175 



160 



31.4 



31.7 



37 



„ 6th, 



11.30 AM. 



126 



125 



30.7 



30.7 



36 





4 P.M. 



139 



130 



30 



30 5 



34 





6 „ 



150 



135 



30 



30.5 



33 



!> » 



8 „ 



124 



115 



29.5 



30 



30 



„ 7th, 



Noon. 



105 



100 



30.5 



31 



36 





2 P.M. 



129 



124 



30.2 



31 



36 





5 >, 



120 



115 



29.5 



30.2 



33 





7 „ 



110 



105 



29.5 



29.5 



32 



„ Stli, 



7 A.M. 



125 



120 



29.5 



29.7 



33 





10 ,. 



113 



108 



29.6 



30.5 



35 





3.30 P.M. 



119 



110 



29.7 



30 



36 





8 , 



106 



106 



29 



30 



34 



9th, 



11.30 A.M. 



132 



120 



30 



30.5 



38 



:> >> 



7 P.M. 



125 



100 



30 



30 



35 



„ 10th, 



11 A.M. 



145 



140 ■ 



30 



30 



37 



f , '* nth, 



7.30 „ 



iw * 



120 



30 



30 



35 



The wind still favouring us after our leaving the ice, we made the land 

 near the Trinity islands on the evening of the 18th, and passed Salisbury 

 Island the following day. Meeting with no obstruction whatever we ran 

 with a favourable breeze down Hudson's Strait, and at noon on the 23d had Tues. 23. 



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