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GREENLAND VOYAGE. 
ascertaining the longitude by chronometer. Just 
as I finished, the wind died away, when there was 
found to be a current setting due west at the rate 
of about half a knot: the influence of this carry¬ 
ing us almost against the ice, we were obliged to 
lower several boats to tow the ship off. On try¬ 
ing for soundings, there was no bottom with 220 
fathoms of line. 
With the first breeze of wind that sprung up, 
we stood to the north-west into the bay, accom¬ 
panied by three ships that had joined us in the 
night. We now got sight of the ship, whose 
image had been seen in the air, and found it to 
be the very ship I had announced. At noon our 
latitude was 70° 24' 42" by observation; and lon¬ 
gitude 22° 10' W., Cape Brewster bearing S 8° E 
(true). In the afternoon we had advanced to within 
four or five miles of the north-western point of the 
land, connected with Cape Tobin, (which I named 
Cape Hope, from respect to Mr Samuel Hope 
of Everton), when it w r as observed, that the chan¬ 
nel separating this coast from Jameson’s Land 
was about five miles in breadth, at the entrance, 
where it is the narrowest, and that it extends due 
north, without any visible termination. This ex¬ 
tensive channel was named Hurry’s Inlet, out 
of respect to Mr Nicholas Hurry, managing-own¬ 
er of the Baffin. 
