458 EXTRACT OF A JOURNAL [APP. N° vr. 
Friday, 23d .—At 2 a. m., plying to windward in com¬ 
pany with the Elizabeth, it began to blow hard with sleet. 
At 4 a. m., blowing still harder, we called all hands to take 
care of the ship. But the sea now beginning to run high, 
and the thickness of the weather preventing us from keep¬ 
ing clear of the ice, the ship received some heavy blows on 
both sides. At 8 a. m. it blew a tremendous gale, and 
the sea was higher than any one on board had ever seen it 
among the ice. “We made several attempts to bring the 
ship alongside of a floe, and make her fast; but the floes 
being all to leeward of us, we were driven against them 
with great violence, and received considerable damage. 
Thus situated, we stood out from among the floes, and 
plyed to windward among the loose ice.” “ By the force 
of the waves, the ice was now driven against the ship with 
such violence as alarmed the boldest of the crew. At 1 
r. m., received a dreadful blow' upon the starboard bow, 
which we thought had stove the ship. I w'as not singular, 
at this instant, in my dismal apprehensions of a watery 
grave; as the heavy sea would have swamped any boat 
that we might have endeavoured to save ourselves by.” At 
2 r. :,t., carried away the mizen-topmast, and half an hour 
afterwards one of the boats was washed away, but hauled 
on board again by the line, which was fortunately fastened 
to the rigging. At 3, we passed under the stern of the 
Elizabeth, that had contrived to make fast to a floe. “ At 
first we were greatly enlivened by the sight of this ship, 
but our thoughts took a different turn when we perceived 
that her whole starboard broadside was stove, and the ship, 
to all appearance, almost full of water.” She made signals 
of great distress, but we could not afford her any assis¬ 
tance. “ At 4 r. M., while tacking, our ship was driven 
against the corner of a floe, and her starboard-bow com¬ 
pletely stove.” On attempting to get her off, she struck a 
