of their nation had been in So, and they all fuppofed, that fhe 

 tea in fuch a latitude might be as free from ice as where they 

 were filhing. This account probably alludes to the Dutch man 

 of war, on board of which Dr. Dallie happened to be, the cir- 

 cumftances of which voyage I have dated in my former paper. 



This fame captain is fo thoroughly perfuaded of being able to 

 approach the Pole, that he will attempt it whenever an opportu- 

 nity offers of doing it, without prejudice to his owners. On 

 fuch a voyage of difcovery, he would not wifh a larger veffel 

 than one of 90 tons nor more than ten hands. I find, indeed,, 

 that this is the fize of the fhip, in which moft of the early na- 

 vigators attempted to proceed far to the Northward. 



In 1769, Mr. John Thew, now mafter of a Greenland fhip 

 called the Riling Sun, was in N. lat. 82, and ico leagues to the 

 W. of Hakluyt's Headland. The circumflances by which he 

 fuppofed himfelf to have been in this lituation, were ftated to 

 me in the prefence of a very able fea officer, who told me after- 

 wards, that he was perfectly fatisfied with the accuracy of his 

 account. 



Captain John Clarke, of the Sea Horfe, at the latter end of 

 June 1773, failed from the Headland N. N. E. to 8ii, ' which 

 he computed by his run from the Headland in 1 8 hours, having 

 loft light of it. At this time there was an open fea to the 

 Northward, and fuch a fwell from the N. E. that the fhip 

 would not ltay, being under her double reef'd toplails, whilft 

 the wind blew frefh. 



During this run from the Headland, Mr. Clarke fell in with 

 Captain Robinfon in 8i° 20', whom I mentioned in my former 

 paper as having reached 8 1 \ in the fame month and year, by a 

 very accurate obfervation. 



1 Clipperton reached China in a bark not much exceeding ten tons, 

 as did alfo Funnell, in another fuch vellel. Callander, vol. III. 223. 



1 This 



