A voyage towards the North Pole : undertaken by His Majesty's command, 1773 . the fliips, and to have the fulleft con-fidence in their officers. The boats could not with theoreatell dilieence be got to the water fide before the four,teenth ; if the fituation of the fhips did not alter by thattime, I fliould not be juftified in flaying longer by the mean time I refolved to carry on both attemptstocreiher, moving the boats conflantly, but without omit-ting any opportunity of getting the (liips through. 8th. At half paft four, fent two pilots with three mento fee the flate of the ice to t
A voyage towards the North Pole : undertaken by His Majesty's command, 1773 . the fliips, and to have the fulleft con-fidence in their officers. The boats could not with theoreatell dilieence be got to the water fide before the four,teenth ; if the fituation of the fhips did not alter by thattime, I fliould not be juftified in flaying longer by the mean time I refolved to carry on both attemptstocreiher, moving the boats conflantly, but without omit-ting any opportunity of getting the (liips through. 8th. At half paft four, fent two pilots with three mento fee the flate of the ice to the Weftward, that I mightjudge of the probability of getting the fliips out. At ninethey returned, and reported the ice to be very heavy andclofe, conflfling chiefly of large fields. Between nine andten this morning, 1 fet out with the people, and got theLaunch above three miles. The weather being foggy, andthe people having worked hard, I thought it beft to re-turn on board between fix and feven. The fliips hadin the mean time moved fomething through the ice, and the [ p. l„////(? Ji AC 1:1/0 Jisj-: a//</ r ah ca s s, . / /// JOURNAL. 6y the Ice itfelf had drifted ftill more to the Weftward. At Auguft. night there was little wind, and a thick fog, fo that I could not judge precifely of the advantage we had gained; but I ftill feared that, however flattering, it was not fuch as to juftify my giving up the idea of moving the boats, the feafon advancing fo faff, the prefervation of the fhips being fo uncertain, and the fituation of the people fo critical. 9th. A thick fog in the morning: we moved the ftiipa little through fome very fmall openings. In the after-noon, upon its clearing up, we were agreeably fur-prized to find the fliips had driven much more than wecould have expeded to the Weftward. We worked hardall day, and got them fomething more to the Weftwardthrough the ice; but nothing in comparifon to what theice itfelf had drifted. We got paft the Launches,
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