APFltOACH TO THE COAST. 175 
and it was with much satisfaction that I marked 
our rapid advance directly towards the land, under 
favour of a smart breeze and clear weather, until 
our progress was hounded by a strip of floe-ice, 
about a couple of leagues in breadth, that was fast 
frozen to the shore. Although the land was seen 
quite bold from the deck before we entered the 
barrier; the passage of it occupied us fifteen or 
sixteen hours, going three or four knots, directly 
in-shore. Several ships accompanied us in this 
navigation ; and having reached the “ land-ice,” 
turned up along shore, in company with us, to¬ 
wards the south-west, there being a commodious 
and clear opening between the laud-ice and the 
floes in the offing. 
The land-ice consisted of heavy consolidated 
floes, having embedded in it several icebergs of a 
larger size than lever remember to have seen before. 
These being probably aground, served to stake 
the whole of this ice firmly to the shore, where it 
appeared to have remained undisturbed for some 
years. One of the icebergs, that had an elevated 
peak at its extremity, was estimated to be 150 feet 
above the level of the sea; and another that was 
quite square, with vertical sides, was the height 
of a ship’s mast, or about 100 feet. These ice¬ 
bergs were generally of a white and chalky ap¬ 
pearance ; some, however, were of a greenish-grey 
