LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT ROSS. 
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crew. Accordingly Commander Ross, with a party, set out, 
and they were absent about five days. They found the birds to 
be very shy, bringing home only 20 king and queen ducks; on 
the other hand, however, the dovekeys were very numerous, 
which furnished the crew with some good materials for sea pies, 
&c, t and which proved a relishing meal, after the diet to which 
they had been accustomed. 
It was on the 29th of June, that the crew returned from Batty 
Bay, and during the interval to their final departure, they were 
employed in junking up the cable, gathering all the coals, 
repairing the house, and placing every thing in such a safe 
position, that it might be readily got at, in case they should be 
obliged to return, and pass another winter in their comfortless 
dwelling. They left as much coal upon the beach as would last 
another winter; there were also 80 casks of Hour, each weighing 
504 lbs., and 12 casks of 335 lbs.; II casks of sugar, each 
weighing 372 lbs. ; a few kegs of lime juice, and a large quan¬ 
tity of parsnips, carrots, soups, &c., but there was not a single 
canister of meat left. 
The engineer was also busily employed in making three new 
stoves for the boats, on a different plan than those of the Fury, with 
the view of economising the fuel, and decreasing the amount of 
their weight. The stoves of the Fury weighed, on an average, 
80 lbs., whereas those, which the engineer now constructed, did 
not weigh more than 22 lbs. The engineer also made several 
other things, which were necessary for the boats, particularly 
cutting up some of the Fury's ice saws, fur the purpose of ironing 
the bottom of the sledges. Previously to the departure from Fury 
Beach, the carpenters were employed in preparing three sledges, 
for the conveyance of the sick men dow r n to Batty Bay. These 
sledges were fitted with four uprights, and a canvass mat hauled 
out to each corner, on which the men were laid, riding in this 
manner, as if they were laid in a cot, the whole of the way to 
Batty Bay. 
The final departure from Fury Beach took place on the 8th of 
July, and it was not until the 18th, that they arrived at Batty 
