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On the newly discovered 
ing than the cutter. The end of a line was then passed 
into the cutter from the Terror’s boat, with directions that 
on a given signal the cutter should be hauled off. The 
whale-boat was then backed in to the verge of the 
rollers,—which, however, were found so overwhelming, 
that a landing could only have been purchased by the 
sudden destruction of the boat, and perhaps of lives. The 
signal was given in good time, and the whale-boat hauled 
out of danger. 
The party now retraced its course to the westward, to 
examine the line of coast more particularly; our chiefs 
being determined to effect a landing somewhere. After 
much examination, the only place found at all likely to 
favour their desire w T as the trap dyke already named, and 
to this the whale-boat was backed: but such was the 
rise and fall of the waves, that a landing was almost de¬ 
spaired of, when Captain Ross stood up in the boat, 
resting his hand on Captain Crozier’s shoulder, and evi¬ 
dently resolved for a spring at whatever risk. Captain 
Crozier observing this, proposed to him to attempt to 
touch the land with his hand only, and then christen it 
by what name he pleased : to which Captain Ross imme¬ 
diately replied, “ Ah! old boy, if I put my hand on it, 
the body must follow and instantly springing upon the 
shelf of the dyke, he quickly succeeded in scrambling up 
the rock, whilst the angry sea dashed its spray high upon 
his heels. It was now Captain Crozier’s turn, and he, 
watching his moment with a seaman’s eye, also got 
cleverly up the icy rocks clear of danger: but it was 
not so with many that followed; for, notwithstanding the 
kind-hearted Captain had considerately made one end 
of a line fast to a rock, and threw the other into the boat, 
to enable the officers to land with greater safety, two 
were overtaken by the waves, and had they not fortu¬ 
nately had hold of the line, they must have been washed 
