LAND JOURNEY IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS. 571 



In September the ice broke up, and the Victory, which had 

 the previous year sailed three miles, this year sailed four. She 

 was again immediately frozen in : the men's courage gave way, 

 and the scurvy began to appear. Their only hope of a final 

 deliverance seemed to be to proceed overland to the spot where 

 the Fury had been lost under Parry in 1824, and to get her 

 supplies and boats. The distance was one hundred and eighty 

 miles to the north. They drank a parting glass to the Victory 

 on the 29th of May, 1832, and nailed her colors to the mast. 

 After a laborious journey of one month, they reached Fury 

 Beach, where they found three of the boats washed away, but 

 several still left. These were ready for sea on the 1st of 

 August, when the whole party embarked. They were com- 

 pelled to return in October, and made preparations for their 

 fourth Polar winter. The season was one of great severity : 

 in February, 1833, the first death by scurvy took place. Ross 

 himself and several of the seamen were attacked by the disease. 

 It was not till August that the boats were again able to move. 

 They reached Barrow's Strait on the 17th, and on the morning 

 of the 26th descried a sail. They made signals by burning wet 

 powder, and succeeded in attracting the stranger's attention. 

 She was a whaler, and had been formerly commanded by Ross 

 himself. Thus they were rescued. After a month's delay, the 

 vessel, now filled to its utmost capacity with blubber, sailed for 

 Hull, in England. There Ross and his officers received a public 

 entertainment from the mayor and corporation. The former 

 then repaired to London, reported himself to the Secretary of 

 the Admiralty, and obtained an audience of the king. His 

 Majesty accepted the dedication of his journal, and allowed 

 him to add the name of William the Fourth to the Magnetic 

 Pole. He learned that he had been given up for lost long 

 since, and that parties had been sent out in search of him. 



All concerned in this interesting expedition were rewarded 

 b Parliament. Mr. Booth was shortly after knighted; Com- 



