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LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS, 
comfort of his suffering' crew. There was also a large quantity 
of cocoa, but there was not a sufficiency of sugar to last them to 
the Beach. 
We will, however, contrast the report of these proceedings, 
as transmitted to us by three of the crew, all of whom agree in 
every particular as it is set down in our narrative, with the 
evidence, which Capt. Ross gave to the committee of the House 
of Commons ; and the only comment, which we shall at present 
make, is, that either Capt. Ross or his crew depart egregi- 
ously from the truth. But we have before us, three separate 
accounts of the journey from the Victory to Fury Beach, and 
they all coincide in their description of the severe sufferings, 
which they underwent, on*account of the want of water. We 
also solicit attention to the extreme sapience, by which some of 
the questions are distinguished, preserving, at the same time, a 
becoming silence as to the drift, which so clearly shows itself, 
during the whole of the examination. 
The 77th question is—“ When did you abandon your ship? 
On 29th May, 1832. And you proceeded on foot northward to 
Fury Beach?”-—“ Yes.” 
“ Did you undergo any very great degree of suffering, in the 
course of your journey to Fury Beach?”—“ We did ; we had 
to carry our provisions, our fuel , the sick, our tents, and spe¬ 
cimens.” 
“ For what distance ?”—“ Near 300 miles.” 
“ Over snow, or what surface V ’—“ Over ice and snow, and 
sometimes over land covered with snow : we suffered most for 
want of water , having to melt the snow before we could get a 
drop to drink." 
“To what was your beverage latterly confined ?”—■“ Water 
entirely and lime juice " 
“ Did you suffer very much from cold during your journey ?” 
.—“ Yes, we all suffered very much from it.” 
This question must have appeared excessively singular to 
Capt. Ross, after he had informed the committee, that the cold 
experienced on the journey, was sometimes 32° below zero, or 
64° below the freezing point of Fahrenheit. 
