42 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



which the coast inclines rather more to the 

 westward towards York Factory. 



The opening of the morning of the 30th 

 presented to our view the anchorage at 

 York Flats, and the gratifying sight of a 

 vessel at anchor, which we recognised, after 

 an anxious examination, to be the Wear. 

 A strong breeze blowing from the direction 

 of the Flats, caused the water to be more 

 shallow than usual on the sandy bar, which 

 lies on the seaward side of the anchorage, 

 and we could not get over it before two 

 P.M., when the tide was nearly at its 

 height. 



Immediately after our arrival, Mr. Wil- 

 liams, the governor of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company's post, came on board, accompa- 

 nied by the commander of the Wear. The 

 pleasure we felt in welcoming the latter 

 gentleman can easily be imagined, when it 

 is considered what reason we had to appre- 

 hend that he and his crew had been num- 

 bered with the dead. We learned that one 

 of the larger masses of ice had providenti- 



