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for her along the coast. We were rejoiced 

 to find that our leak did not increase by 

 carrying sail, and we ventured in the evening 

 to remove the sail which had been placed 

 under the part where the injury had been 

 received, as it greatly impeded our ad- 

 vance. 



We passed many icebergs on the 10th, 

 and in the evening we tacked from a level 

 field of ice, which extended northward as 

 far as the eye could reach. Our leak re- 

 mained in the same state ; the pumps dis- 

 charged in three minutes the quantity of 

 water which had been received in fifteen. 



The ship could not be got near to the 

 land before the afternoon of the 11th. At 

 four P.M. we hove to, opposite to, and 

 about five miles distant from, the spot on 

 which we had first struck on Saturday. 

 Every glass was directed along the shore 

 (as they had been throughout the day) to 

 discover any trace of our absent consort; 

 but, as none was seen, our solicitude re- 

 specting her was much increased, and we 

 feared the crew might be wrecked on this 



