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VOYAGE TO GREENLAND. 
sails ; on the tide swinging the ship round, we un- 
moored and stood to the south-west ; and when, 
by sailing in on the other tack, we came opposite 
the quay where the ship was built, three cheers 
from the carpenters again bespoke a solicitude for 
our welfare, and as usual were replied to : at three 
o’clock, we reached the new deep off Blackrock, 
where, from the state of the wind, finding it im- 
possible to proceed to sea, we let go our anchor. 
Some friends of our captain, and the owners of the 
ship, having accompanied us thus far, dined on 
board. Shortly after the party left us, I retired 
to my cabin, where, in the night, I felt the incon- 
venience of a tight ship; for the wind blowing 
hard, agitated the bilge water and oleaginous mat- 
ter left last voyage, to the production of a gas of 
so extremely pungent a nature, as to render re- 
spiration difficult, and almost to produce suffoca- 
tion ; and so great was its influence upon all metallic 
substances in the vessel, that it turned them com- 
pletely black. 
The morning dawned beautifully clear; 
April 8. breakfast, one of the owners 
came on board with three clerical gentlemen ; and 
preparations were made between decks for service, 
which was attended by the whole crew, whose 
devotion and religious deportment, qualities so 
rarely seen in populous places of public worship, 
did honour to their Christian feelings. Captain 
Scoresby read the prayers and lessons for the day, 
in a most impressive manner; and on his concluding. 
