A Track of His Majefty*s armed Brig Lion, from Davis’s Straits to the Coaft of Labradore. 
Days 
of the 
Long, 
by laft 
Long. 
by 
3- — 
trior 
of com 
As read off 
drants 
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Diftance 
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Errors of 
Time. 
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muths. 
Month 
obferv. 
reck. 
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quadrant. 
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U.L. 
Aug. 1 9 
Noon. 
64 43 
O 
S 3 2 5 
58 31 
4» 
4 6 
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$ The land near Balls River in firhc. mak- 
I ing in Mauds. 6 ' 
33 
12 
0 
16 
33 
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O 
5° 
33 
5 
0 
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39 
0 
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3° 
33 
O 
0 
l6 
42 
0 
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2 
32 57 
0 
16 
45 
0 
60 
4 
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2 16 0 
64 34 
O 
52 30 
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3 2 54 
0 
16 
47 
0 
60 
4 
0 
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— 
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- - 
32 5° 
0 
l6 
5 1 
0 
60 
5 
0 
1 
32 49 
40 
l6 
42 
50 
60 
2 
SO 
f ^efc o&femtlcms a fe very giod ones. 
1 yet as they give too little, and dtf- 
J agree with the rell, I did not nay much 
] regard to them, nor alrcr the track, ad 
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32 
42 
0 
l6 
59 
0 
60 
5 3° 
None. 
I 
32 36 
0 
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3 
0 
60 
6 
0 
I I cannot anfwer for the working of 
32 3 1 
0 
■7 
7 
0 
60 
7 
0 
} 
3- 
27 
0 
■7 
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0 
60 
8 
19 
2 22 O 
64 34 
O 
52 5° 
- -1 
32 
0 
1 7 
12 
0 
60 
9 
0 
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— 
- 
- - 
32 
20 
0 
17 
H 
0 
60 
10 
0 
1 
4 6 
32 
29 40 
17 
7 
3° 
60 
7 
35 
20 
Noon. 
64 33 
O 
54 35 
58 41 
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t A very heavy galeof wind, which obliged 
\ us to throw overboard the guns we 
L had on deck. 
r This night, for the firft time {the gale 
at 
Noon. 
63 56 
O 
54 >5 
S® 21 
3 6 
4 6 
1 being over and fine weather), few the 
^ aurora borealis, which began in the SK 
J quarter, but was neither fo ftrong nor lo 
5 3° 
0 
IO 
40 
0 
»4 
9 
0 
V. beautiful as in the fouthern hcmifphere. 
5 
■9 
c 
IO 
38 
0 
84 
11 
0 
5 
6 
G 
IO 
36 
0 
84 
11 
0 
4- By the obfervations on the 19th, I find 
ai 
A.M. 
6 3 3 6 
O 
S3 20 
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4 54 
4 42 
O 
O 
10 32 
10 25 
0 
84 
84 
12 
1 1 
0 
0 
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1 the error of the common reckoning ta 
1 have increafed 55 miles, and by thefe to 
\ have increafed 50 miles } therefore fhall 
4- 
28 
O 
IO 
23 
0 
84 
n 
0 
I alter the track to the obfervations, as % 
1 think them a Efficient confirmation of 
v the truth. 
1 
L 
4 59 
5° 
IO 
32 
20 
84 
11 
10 
aa 
Noon. 
62 19 
O 
S3 4 
58 3 
44 
4 59 
- 
C High land EbS diftancc 12 leagues, which 
i was the laft we few. 
23 
Noon. 
60 s.8 
O 
S3 i4 
58 13 
- 
4 59 
Moderate breezes, and no ice to he feen. 
*4 
Noon. 
60 2 
0 
52 28 
57 27 
46 
4 59 
— 
ESE 
Ditto* with miflsi 
25 
Noon. 
S8 4 
0 
52 46 
57 45 
52 
4 59 
- 
E 
Frefh gales. 
a6 
Noon. 
56 17 
0 
53 38 
58 27 
54 
4 59 
NE 
Freih gales. 
27 
Noon. 
54 54 
0 
54 10 
59 9 
56 
4 59 
NE 
Cloudy weather. 
28 
Noon. 
53 4 
0 
53 ! 5 
58 14 
56 
4 59 
Saw the firft ice Iflahtfc on the Labradore. 
29 
Noon. 
S3 7 
0 
52 6 
57 5 
60 
4 59 
WNW 
Much ice. 
3° 
Noon. 
S3 33 
0 
S3 9 
58 8 
.60 
4 59 
SW 
Much icc. 
C Round Hifl Iflandybore NW. fix or fever 
53 58 
58 57 
I leagues, which being the eaftern part of 
3> 
Noon. 
53 25 
0 
4 59 
< America, I make it to be in latitude 
^ 53 32 N. longitude 54 29 W. of 
We anchored in Porcupine Harbour, where we ftaid until the 26th of September, and from thence proceeded 
to England ; which being a common rout, I fir all conclude with a few general obfervations on this part of the 
world, fo little known and fo terribly reprefented by people who, in order to raife their, own merit, make dan- 
gers and difficulties of common occurrences ; merely becaufe the places are unknown, and there is little or no 
probability of their ever being contradicted. I do not mean this as a perfonal reflexion ; but having difcourfed 
with many of the matters of Greenland vefiels, as well as their employers, and heard fuch dreadful ftories of 
thofe countries, I cannot help remarking it as a circumftance equally foolilh and ridiculous, tending to miflead 
thofe who from a laudable principle would be benefactors to their country, but are deterred from it by fuch re- 
prefentations ; and I appeal to thofe feries of fads for the truth of my affertion. The weather in Davis’s Straits 
is, in the fpring and autumn, boifterous ; the feas run irregular, like the Gulph of Lions, and other 
places I could inftance (that is fliort and high) ; occafioned (I imagine) by the narrownefs of the Straits, the 
many impediments it meets with from the ice, and its being open to the fouthern parts of the Atlantic Ocean. 
As the fouth winds are always the ftrongeft, bring thick weather, and the greateft fea, fo the northern ones bring, 
fine clear weather, and are feldom ftrong. I ffiatl here finiffi thefe obfervations, with the particulars of them, 
&c. and ffiall communicate obfervations on the ice, the atmofphere, the land of Forbilher, and the probability 
of a north weft paffage, in a fhort time. 
