484 
LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS, 
ship astern, as far as they had cut the canal during the day, and 
then when the ship was close up, they were not allowed to 
return to their berths, but they were obliged to wait, exposed to 
the severity of the frost, until the tide ebbed, that the vessel 
might be propped up, to prevent her falling on her broadside, 
as they had no more than four or five feet of water, the whole 
length of the canal. By the end of October, the Victory may 
be considered to be in her winter harbour, her forehead 10 feet 
4 inches, aft 10 feet 6 inches, and a few feet further there was 
no more than 9 feet 6 inches. 
The following is the scale of the Temperature of the exterior 
Atmosphere , for the month of October, 1830. 
Highest 
Lowest 
Highest 
Lowest 
Highesl 
t Lowest 
Oct, 
Below 
Above 
Oct. 
Below 
Above 
Oct. 
Below 
Above 
1 
19 
12 
12 
6 
10 
23 
22 
22 
2 
18 
14 
13 
8 
Zero 
24 
1 
4 
S 
19 
14 
14 
3 
H 
25 
2 
4 
18 
15 
24 
16 
26 
6 
10 
5 
91 
16 
18 
18 
27 
7 
10 
6 
11 
above 
17 
18 
15 
28 
9 
9 
7 
11 
above 
18 
12 
8 
29 
1 
6 
8 
13 
19 
12 
5 
30 
2 
5 
9 
n 
20 
12 
4 
31 
8 
24 
10 
5 
Zero. 
21 
6 
13 
11 
4 
10 
22 
16 
19 
From the 1st November to the 10th, the principal duty of the 
crew was unrigging the vessel, and preparing her for her win¬ 
tering ; the wind blowing strong, sometimes accompanied with 
