. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. PARTING HAWSERS OFF GODSEND LEDGE. round me, were loud in its praises. We could hear itsdeep Eolian chant, swelhng through all the rattle ofthe running-gear and moaning of the shrouds. It wasthe death-song! The strands gave way, with the noiseof a shotted gun ; and, in the smoke that followed theirrecoil, we were dragged out by the wild ice, at its mercy. m i ^ 5 o ©. OUR BEST BOWER GONE. 71 We steadied and did some petty warping, and gotthe brig a good bed in the rushing drift; but it allcame
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. PARTING HAWSERS OFF GODSEND LEDGE. round me, were loud in its praises. We could hear itsdeep Eolian chant, swelhng through all the rattle ofthe running-gear and moaning of the shrouds. It wasthe death-song! The strands gave way, with the noiseof a shotted gun ; and, in the smoke that followed theirrecoil, we were dragged out by the wild ice, at its mercy. m i ^ 5 o ©. OUR BEST BOWER GONE. 71 We steadied and did some petty warping, and gotthe brig a good bed in the rushing drift; but it allcame to nothing. We then tried to beat baciv throughthe narrow ice-clogged water-way, that was driving, aquarter of a mile wide, between the shore and thepack. It cost us two hours of hard labor, I thoughtskilfully bestowed; but at the end of that time, we wereat least four miles off, opposite the great valley in thecentre of Bedevilled Reach.^^^^ Ahead of us, farther tothe north, we could see the strait growing still nar-rower, and the heavy ice-tables grinding up, and clog-ging it between the shore-cliffs on one side and theledge on the other. There was but one thing left forus;—to keep in some sort the command of the helm,by going freely where we must otherwise be allowed her to scud under a reefed foretopsail; allhands watching the enemy, as we closed, in silence. At seven in the morning, we were close upon thepiling masses. We dropped our heaviest
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