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CAPE CORNELIUS GRINNELL. 
grounded ice to another. The water is too shoal for 
ice masses to float in that are heavy enough to make 
a nip very dangerous. I am preparing the little brig 
for this novel navigation, clearing her decks, securing 
things below with extra lashings, and getting out 
spars, to serve in case of necessity as shores to keep 
her on an even keel. 
CAPE CORNELIUS GRINNELL. 
“August 13, Saturday.—As long as we remain en¬ 
tangled in the wretched shallows of this bight, the long 
precipitous cape ahead may prevent the north wind 
from clearing us; and the nearness of the cliffs will 
probably give us squalls and flaws. Careful angular 
distances taken between the shore and the chain of 
bergs to seaward show that these latter do not budge 
with either wind or tide. It looks as if we were to 
