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clothing-, and animal food, need not be dwelt upon. Mr. C. Thomas, 
the carpenter, was the only man who perished at this beach, but three 
others, besides one who had lost his foot, were reduced to the last 
stage of debility, and only 13 of our number were able to carry provi¬ 
sions in seven journies of 62 miles each to Ratty Bay. We left Fury 
Beach on 8th July, carrying with us three sick men, who were unable 
to walk, and in six days we reached the boats, where the sick daily re¬ 
covered. Although the spring was mild, it was not until the 15th Au¬ 
gust that we had any cheerng prospect, a gale from the westward 
having opened a lane of water along shore; in two days we reached 
our former position, and from the mountain we had the satisfaction of 
seeing clear water almost directly across Prince Regent’s Inlet, which 
we crossed on the 17th, and took shelter from a storm 12 miles to the 
eastward of Cape York. Next day, when the gale abated, we crossed 
Admiralty Inlet, and were detained six days on the coast by a strong 
north-east wind. On the 25th we crossed Navy Board Inlet, and on 
the following morning, to our inexpressible joy, we descried a ship in 
the offing becalmed, which proved to be the Isabella of Hull, the same 
ship, which I commanded in 1818 ; at noon we reached her, when her 
enterprising commander, who had in vain searched for us in Prince 
Regent’s Inlet, after giving us three cheers, received us with every 
demonstration of kindness and hospitality which humanity could dic¬ 
tate. I ought to mention, also, that Mr. Humphries, by landing me 
at Possession Bay, and subsequently on the west coast of Baffin’s Bay, 
afforded me an excellent opportunity of concluding my survey, and of 
verifying my former chart of that coast. 
I now have the pleasing duty of calling the attention of their Lord- 
ships to the merits of Commander Ross, who was second in the direc¬ 
tion of this Expedition. The labours of this officer, who had the de¬ 
partments of Astronomy, Natural History, and Surveying, will speak 
for themselves in language beyond the ability of my pen, but they will 
be duly appreciated by their Lordships and the learned bodies, of 
which he is a member, and who are already well acquainted with his 
acquirements. 
My steady and faithful friend, Mr. William Thom, of the Royal Navy, 
who was with me in the Isabella, besides his duty as third in command, 
took charge of the Meteorological Journal; the distribution and eco¬ 
nomy of provisions, and to his judicious plans and suggestions must be 
attributed the uncommon degree of health which our crew enjoyed : 
