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' On the 26th, the day of our departure, our dis¬ 
tance, at the edge of the land-ice, when clear of 
the principal indraught, was sixteen miles. Now, 
this must have been the mere action of the inset, 
since the wind, which was the only other known 
cause that could have produced such an effect, was 
almost constantly northerly, blowing in such a di¬ 
rection, indeed, as was calculated to set the ice off 
the land rather than in-shore. Another fact, the 
result of a similar influence, affords the same con¬ 
clusion. In the interval betwixt the 14-tli and 
26th of August, we had frequent occasion to moor 
the ship to a piece of ice. So situated, we ought to 
have kept at a uniform distance from the land, 
while the wind blew along the coast; but it was 
invariably observed that we constantly set in to¬ 
wards land; so that in every instance when we 
cast off, we were obliged so to do, because of our 
coming into contact with the land-ice ; though, in 
some cases, we ran off to the distance of several 
miles before we made fast. 
The products of this country, as far as our ex¬ 
amination extended, in the departments of minera¬ 
logy, botany, and zoology, have been already noticed; 
andastheyform three distinct articles in the appen¬ 
dix, any particular observation here on these sub¬ 
jects becomes unnecessary. One remark, however. 
