LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 63? 
that he would leave Fury Beach on the 1st of August, it being 
some day, that he wished particularly to commemorate: but 
when that day arrived, the ice was all closed ; still Capt. Ross 
continued to persist in his resolution, although the only prospect 
of success, which presented itself, was a little clear water just 
in shore, being ignorant, at the same time, where an outlet into 
the open sea was to be obtained. Each boat had six weeks 
provisions on board: and that, in which was Capt. Ross, was as 
deeply laden as a sand barge, with the risk of crossing Prince 
Regent’s Inlet, which is 40 miles across. 
With three cheers the men took their departure from Fury 
Beach; and by dint of hard labor for nine hours, shoving the 
boats along with boarding pikes, boat hooks, See. they succeeded 
in getting about five miles, and then had to unload all the three 
boats and haul them on the ice, some distance towards the 
shore. The place, where they pitched their tents, on this day, 
was the same where the Fury got her squeeze, and the Hecla 
was on shore. 
On the following day, they resumed their voyage, and 
wherever there was any opening, they in general took the be¬ 
nefit of it; but severe indeed was the labor in loading and un¬ 
loading the boats every time: and, in some instances, after 
launching the boats, their progress has not been greater than 
forty yards, and then they had to haul the boats over very irre¬ 
gular ice. 
It was not until the I7th of August, that they reached Cas¬ 
cade Beach, so called from a strong stream of water, that 
runs into the sea, a distance only of about 16 miles from 
Fury Beach. Here the ice was uncommonly heavy, with a 
strong pressure, and running outside like a bore.* They were 
obliged to remain here for some days, the stock of provisions 
fast decreasing, and the men put on three-fourths allowance. 
Till the 23rd the ice was quite stationary, when, on a sudden, 
the wind came on to blow from the northward, and the 
* The Bore or Mascaret is an appellation given to the rushing in of the tide in the Indus and 
Ganges, which comes with such indescribable violence, as to endanger the banks which 
encounter it. 
