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GREENLAND VOYAGE. 
• On the 21st and 22d of July, the weather was 
very boisterous and generally foggy. Sometimes 
we had shelter under the lee of a floe; but having 
stood into the land-water, during a clear interval, 
we became exposed to a considerable sea, and 
spent the night, which was extremely thick with 
fog, in much perplexity and danger, owing to 
heavy lumps of ice that were sometimes met with, 
when we could scarcely see a distance sufficient 
to enable us to avoid them. 
The weather moderated a little on the 23d, on 
which we made sail, and stood towards the land. 
As we approached the coast, the density of the 
fog began to diminish, and at noon we obtained a 
clear view of the land. At noon we tacked, and 
. hove to close to the land-ice, in latitude 70° 36', 
and longitude, by chronometer, 21° 14' W., which 
agreed with the observations taken on the 20th, 
(compared by respective bearings of Rathbone 
Island), to half a minute. The land-ice was still 
found to retain its winter’s position, being fast 
glued to the shore, and filling most of the bays 
a long the coast, and channels among the islands. 
A little to the southward of us, however, water 
was, for the first time, observed to extend to the 
very beach. Twelve or fourteen icebergs were 
visible from hence, several of them near us. Some 
of them appeared to be at least a hundred feet 
