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GREENLAND VOYAGE. 
Mountnorris’ Inlet, and a similar party, under 
the direction of Captain Lloyd, into Davy’s 
Sound. 
We had soon occasion, however, to repent of 
this arrangement; for the wind and rain, instead 
of subsiding, as we had hoped, greatly increased. 
And to add to the evil, the land-ice broke across, 
and the bergs supporting it were forced off the 
bank by the pressure of ice to windward; so that 
the part to which the ships were moored was li¬ 
berated. We now found ourselves in motion to - 
wards the south-west, and rapidly approaching a 
body of ice that was brought up by the land 
to leeward of us. This obliged us to get hastily 
under-way, and beat to windward on the eastern 
side of the floes connected with the land. The 
Fame and Trafalgar followed our example; Cap¬ 
tain Lloyd having fortunately returned to his 
ship at this critical juncture. 
This being the anniversary of his Majesty’s 
birth-day, though the weather and our situation 
were both extremely unfavourable for social en¬ 
joyment, was, nevertheless, remembered by us 
with due loyalty; and the King’s health, with best 
wishes for a long and prosperous reign, was drank 
with much warmth of feeling. Had opportunity 
offered, it was the mutual wish of myself and my 
father to have taken formal possession of the coun- 
