Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry : illustrated by numerous plates . ch it was now our object to sail. Afterdark it began to blow stronger with rain and some sea out of the bay, obligingus to carry a press of canvass, and to keep all hands on deck, to enable usto weather the ice under our 20. After midnight the wTeather moderated a little, and the wind drew more tothe southward, giving us some s
Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry : illustrated by numerous plates . ch it was now our object to sail. Afterdark it began to blow stronger with rain and some sea out of the bay, obligingus to carry a press of canvass, and to keep all hands on deck, to enable usto weather the ice under our 20. After midnight the wTeather moderated a little, and the wind drew more tothe southward, giving us some shelter under the lee of the land till daylight,when we found that the breeze had done us all the service we had anticipated,by opening a wide passage between the land and the ice to the a moment was lost in availing ourselves of this opportunity, and we ran ra-pidly and almost without obstruction along the land, passing numerous islandsand bays with which this shore abounds. Piles of stones were seen, as usual,in various places along the coast. The eastern shore of this new strait still ap-peared continuous, and both lands began to trend more to the westward. In thecourse of the afternoon we passed several streams of ice, much of which was. OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. 40 covered with sand, but the late south-west breeze having drifted the main 1821-body of it over to the opposite coast, we met with no material impediment, ti^ a quarter before five, , in passing within an island, to which fromsubsequent occurrences the name of Passage Island was afterwards given,a violent rippling was observed a-head. The boats were instantly loweredto sound the channel, and the ships put about till it was ascertained thatthere was no shoal water; when we again tacked, keeping the boats a-head,and continuing under easy sail till past the rippling, but having no less thantwenty-five fathoms in any part. Passage Island, which is blackish in its appearance, has a small rocky isle
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