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GREENLAND voyage. 
20th of July and the 20th of August, in the most 
satisfactory manner. Our distance from the land 
was about sixteen miles. Cape Gladstone bearing 
WNW 2 N., true; and a headland named after 
Mr John Topham, bearing due west. The Li¬ 
verpool Coast was in sight as far down as Roscoe 
Mountains, and even the land about Cape Brew¬ 
ster, distant seventy-five miles. Two small islands 
were discovered lying off* Cape Gladstone. The 
most northerly was named Murray Island, 
after my respected friend Admiral Murray; and 
the other Reynolds Island, in compliment to 
different respected individuals, descendents of the 
late Mr Richard Reynolds, of Bristol, universal¬ 
ly known and esteemed for his extraordinary phi¬ 
lanthropy *. 
The inset of the current, found to prevail so 
strongly near Davy’s Sound, was likewise observed 
in our present situation, though clear of all large 
inlets. On sounding, we found the current set¬ 
ting due west, or directly towards the land, at the 
rate of a quarter or half a knot. The depth was 
135 fathoms: temperature at the bottom 32°; 
at the surface the same. 
* Some other names, applied in the chart to the northern 
part of the Liverpool Coast, were derived from different 
friends, chiefly resident in Manchester. 
