. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history ; and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. â I U.' ! ,.|yi :!' < !i. \ t \ 1 192 i:arly north-west voyages. boat was fitted out next morning for search, but could not cross the channel on account of the ice. After two distressful days, on the night of Saturday the 28th June, as the boatswain was keeping watch in advance of the tents, he suddenly saw, rushing through the darkness, a great body of men, who, on de
. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history ; and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. â I U.' ! ,.|yi :!' < !i. \ t \ 1 192 i:arly north-west voyages. boat was fitted out next morning for search, but could not cross the channel on account of the ice. After two distressful days, on the night of Saturday the 28th June, as the boatswain was keeping watch in advance of the tents, he suddenly saw, rushing through the darkness, a great body of men, who, on descrying him, let fly their arrows. He instantly fired and gave the alarm; but before his comrades could start from bed and be mustered, the sloop was filled with savages, who, to the number of fifty, with loud cries and menacing gestures, showed themselves prepared for immediate attack. The English mustered only eight men and a large dog, and though the rain fell in torrents, they determined rather to perish bravely In assailing the enemy, than to await their onset. They advanced, therefore, placing the dog in front. This bold measure appalled the barbarians, who leaped into their skiffs, and made off with all speed; but being entangled in the ice, they were detained a considerable time, during which the pursuers continued firing, and the savages were heard "crying to each other very ; They are represented, so far as could be judged, as a people of very small stature, tawny-coloured, with thin beards, flat-nosed, and man-eaters ; but this last particular was doubtless a matter of mere inference. The mariners, placed in this alarming situation, made all the haste they could to fit their shattered bark for again taking the sea. They had first to cut a way for her through the ice; but they had nothing which could be called a rudder, and the leaks were so large that they could scai'<;ely enjoy half an hour's relief from the pump. At length they found means to sto
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