. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. taking with us severalBaddies of venison, half a dozen brace of ducks, and other goodthings for those on board. When about half way through Bear Sound, the commotion androar of the waters were such as no person who has not witnessed 336 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. the like could form an adequate idea of. Small icebergs wereswept along, roundabout, this way and that way, at a speed of fulleight knots an hour. On one side piles of ice were carried swift-ly to the south, and on the other side ice was sweeping in the con-trary direction. The turm
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. taking with us severalBaddies of venison, half a dozen brace of ducks, and other goodthings for those on board. When about half way through Bear Sound, the commotion androar of the waters were such as no person who has not witnessed 336 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. the like could form an adequate idea of. Small icebergs wereswept along, roundabout, this way and that way, at a speed of fulleight knots an hour. On one side piles of ice were carried swift-ly to the south, and on the other side ice was sweeping in the con-trary direction. The turmoil and confusion seemed almost de-moniac. At length the surging ceased for a while, and then itbegan again, every thing to appearance being in readiness for arace up toward Lupton Channel. And so it continued, obligingus to ply the long steering-oar briskly to keep the boat in itscourse, as we were borne along with the rapid tide. When we got out of the channel a fresh breeze helped us on-ward until we came near French Head, when it failed. Here. FKENCH 11EAP. all the ice had disappeared and gone down the bay, thus, at last,carrying to the great sea the mortal remains of poor John Brown,there soon depositing them to rest quietly beneath the waters thatlink together people of all nations of the earth. He now liesburied in the worlds great grave-yard. Nature, however, marksthe spot where he must have fought valiantly the last battle of PERILOUS PASSAGE ON THE ICE. 337 life. The bluff stands out boldly to view whenever any one maybe navigating in or near Field Bay. French Head? is a niunu-ment as enduring as the everlastiug mountains. At 4 we reached the ice-lloe, and there re-lashed the boatupon a sledge sent forward ready for our arrival. The ice wasvery much worse than it had been the previous morning, and wefell through it in many places. Finally we reached the ship at , greatly fatigued with the laborious exertions we had made. At this time the heat was almost over
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