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The Resolution did not lose a single 
man in either of the voyages I made to 
this country. By the blessing of Provi¬ 
dence, they were again all safely resto¬ 
red to their native land. 
30th, Latitude 76° 37'; Longitude, 
as near as we could calculate, 1° West. 
Steered due south. The men were em¬ 
ployed in cleaning the ship, drying the 
lines, &c. 
From July 1st to July 5th, course 
southerly. Weather fine, but hazy. Ice 
diminishing, and the sun getting gradual¬ 
ly nearer the horizon. Saw several 
whales ; they were now become extreme¬ 
ly furious, and made considerably more 
noise in blowing. 
Voyagers are, in these high latitudes, 
often surprised and delighted by the ap¬ 
pearance of mock suns and moons, but I 
was not so fortunate as to perceive any. 
The frozen particles floating in the at¬ 
mosphere are supposed to be the cause 
of these phenomena. 
