Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River : and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years, 1833, 1834, and 1835 . ^ I *V *-:i. ICE TO THE WESTWARD. 391 great deal of water. It became therefore notonly prudent but necessary to pull into a bay,which in the map is distinguished as CockburnsBay, being so named in compliment to the firstChairman of the Arctic Committee, Vice-Ad-miral Sir George Cockburn, to whose valuableexertions in organising the expedition I havealready borne testimony. From the summit ofan adjacent rock we could discern large quanti-t
Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River : and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years, 1833, 1834, and 1835 . ^ I *V *-:i. ICE TO THE WESTWARD. 391 great deal of water. It became therefore notonly prudent but necessary to pull into a bay,which in the map is distinguished as CockburnsBay, being so named in compliment to the firstChairman of the Arctic Committee, Vice-Ad-miral Sir George Cockburn, to whose valuableexertions in organising the expedition I havealready borne testimony. From the summit ofan adjacent rock we could discern large quanti-ties of ice to the westward, apparently close tothe shore, which in that direction extended fromtwelve to fifteen miles; but the view being in-terrupted by the jutting out of the headland,its farther direction could not be ascertained. Itmust have been high water when we landed, whichwas at 7 p« M. of the day after the last quarter ofthe moon; for at about an hour past midnight,the boat, which had been left afloat in a snuglysheltered place, was found high and dry on thebeach. A fresh breeze with squalls having con-tinued through the night, it was not practicablet
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