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11 June, at noon, a violent ftorm, wind S. W. latitude by 

 obfervation 80 deg. 19 min. In the night drove towards the 

 coafts, for it blew too hard to carry fail. 



12 ditto, in the morning laid faft in the ice, the ftorm con- 

 tinued, and the fhip fo much preft by the ice, that we were 

 obliged to unhang the rudder. 



13 ditto, hard preft by the ice, latitude by obfervation So deg, 

 29 min. Remained preft by the ice till the 



18 ditto, latitude by obfervation 80 deg. 50 min. the fhip not 

 moveable. 



19 ditto, latitude by obfervation 80 deg, 57 min. , the ice In 

 great motion. 



20 ditto, faft in the ice again, latitude by obfervation 80 deg. 

 58 min. calm till the 



24 ditto, began to blow a ftorm; got fome room in the ice. 



25 ditto, having got more room we advanced. 



26 ditto, locked up again. 



27 ditto, faw the land, namely, the Dorre Hoek, S. by E. half 

 E. and the Vlakke Hoek, E. S. E. lay befet till the 



29 ditto, latitude by obfervation 80 deg. 16 min. 



30 ditto, wind N. E. 



1 ft of July, faw water in the W. S. W. which we had not feen 

 for many days. In the afternoon got more room. 



2 ditto, worked our way through as much ice. as we could, 

 wind E. N. E. towards the evening N. made faft to a field. 



3 ditto, at noon, faw the land, being the Robbe-bay, bearing 

 S. W. by W. about one mile. 



I have left out many little circumftances refpecling the wind, 

 tides, &c. as thinking the above fufficient for afcertainino- the 

 latitudes, and to fhcw the method in which many of the Green- 

 land mafters keep their journals. That year feems to have been 



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