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rently from a change in the set of the tide; and, 
on crossing it, the ship refused the helm, though 
her head-way was rapid, and the gale strong, so as 
to spring up against the helm nearly head to wind. 
When we first moored to the ice, abreast of Cape 
Moorsom, we observed very little stream, though 
the tide was so fierce a few miles to the north¬ 
ward. Hence it is likely that the tide may divide 
in this position, being nearly in the middle be¬ 
tween Mountnorris Inlet and Davy’s Sound, and 
a separate branch run up each inlet. This proba¬ 
ble division of the stream, would well account for 
the still water we experienced off Cape Moorsom. 
In Davy’s Sound, the stream of tide was found 
to be so strong, that our people could scarcely 
stem it in the fastest boats. The rise and fall on 
the beach was also considerable. We had no op¬ 
portunity of determining it with any degree of 
accuracy; but I imagine it to be about eight or ten 
feet perpendicular at the springs. 
Some little information was derived from the 
investigations made in the contiguous inlets by 
the boats; but, as no whales were met with, the 
grand object for which they were dispatched al¬ 
together failed. In Mountnorris Inlet, several 
islands were discovered by my officers. A large 
one seems to lie near the middle, and a number 
of small ones (seven I was informed were counted) 
