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pearance of the ice in thefe parts, which I have 
leen lifted up 2° or 3 0 at a diftance of 8 or 10 miles, 
although when we have come to it, we have found 
it fcarcely higher than the furface of the water. 
At 21 h. we fired a gun, and thought we heard 
one in anfwer to it; which, if true, muft have been 
from the fadtory. 
p Auguft 8th. We faw the flag-ftaff of the fac- 
tory, with the colours on it, bearing S. W. by W. 
but loft it again in the haze a few minutes afterwards. 
At 3 we faw the fadlory-land, and the flag-fbff very 
plain, S. W. b. W. At 4 made the appointed fignal, 
which was properly anfwered ; after which, we bore 
away diredtly for the mouth of the river, and at 5 
anchored, there being little wind, and the ebb tide 
was running out very ftrong. At this time Cape 
Merry bore S. W. and Efkimaux Point N. W. b. 
W. from whence, and the run of the fhip fmee 
noon, I infer that the latit. of the fadtory is 58° 59' 
N. and by Mr. Dymond’s obfervation in 95 0 33' W. 
or, according to mine, 95 0 2 ' W. 
A little before noon we weighed, and Worked up 
the river to the ufual place where the fhip lies,where, 
about two the 9th, fhe was fafe moored. 
5 the loth, we went on fhore, for the firfl time. 
We were met on the beach by Captain Richards, 
who went with us up to the fadtory, and introduced 
us, in form, to the governor, Mr. Mofes Norton, 
who, as well as Mr. Fowler, the perlon who luc- 
ceeded him, behaved to us with great civility, and 
kindnefs. After breakfafl, the furgeon of the fac- 
tory was fo kind as to walk wtth us ieveral miles, to 
fhew us the country. 
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