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was made, was no more than a mile and a quarter per hour, and 
towards evening the engine was obliged to be stopped, owing 
to the feed pump being out of order. Capt Ross and the engineer 
were employed the whole of the night in repairing it, having 
ascertained that the vent was stopped by a quantity of tallow, 
which had by some accident fallen into it. Early on the follow¬ 
ing morning the larboard paddle was put down, but it had not 
been down five minutes, when it was discovered that a leak had 
sprung in the starboard boiler. The larboard boiler was how¬ 
ever still kept on, which gave ten revolutions in a minute, 
or one mile and a quarter per hour. With the starboard boiler 
the average of the revolutions was thirteen, the maximum never 
exceeding fifteen. 
Some ice being in sight, the boat was despatched for a load, 
as the stock of water was exhausted, and consequently the 
engine became wholly useless. On the 6th land was seen bear¬ 
ing from N. N. E. to N. W. One of the men having descried 
a piece of whale flesh floating on the water, the dingy was let 
down and the flesh was picked up, affording some good food 
for the dogs. A large piece of timber was also picked up, sup¬ 
posed to have belonged to some vessel that had been wrecked. 
On the 7th the boats were employed gathering ice, and both 
the paddles of the engine were down, the first time since the 
ship had left Scotland, the engine was however obliged to be 
stopped on account of the cistern not being able to melt the ice 
quick enough to feed the boiler. The weather being calm, the 
opportunity was taken for clearing the launch of coals and 
provisions, and it was a fortunate circumstance that it was done, 
as on the following day, the 9th, the wind came on to blow 
strong from the S. S. W., when the vessel became entangled in 
some loose ice, and had shortly afterwards to contend against 
some loose streams of ice, which drove against the bows of the 
vessel with a most destructive force. Towards evening Cape 
Franklin was discovered bearing N. W. by W., with strong 
breezes during the remainder of the night. 
On the 10th the land was seen on both sides, when it was 
found that the ship was in Prince Regent’s Inlet The temper- 
