. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. sons old; but we stood on,boring the loose stream-ice, until we had passed someforty miles beyond Cape Life-boat Cove. Here it be-came impossible to force our way farther; and, a densefog gathering round us, we were carried helplessly tothe eastward. We should have been forced upon theGreenland coast; but an eddy close in shore releasedus for a few moments from the direct pressure, and wewere fortunate enough to get out a whale-line to therocks and warp into a protecting niche. In the evening
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. sons old; but we stood on,boring the loose stream-ice, until we had passed someforty miles beyond Cape Life-boat Cove. Here it be-came impossible to force our way farther; and, a densefog gathering round us, we were carried helplessly tothe eastward. We should have been forced upon theGreenland coast; but an eddy close in shore releasedus for a few moments from the direct pressure, and wewere fortunate enough to get out a whale-line to therocks and warp into a protecting niche. In the evening I ventured out again with the changeof tide, but it was only to renew a profitless flood, encountering the southward movement of 54 REFUGE HARBOR, 55 the floes, drove them in upon the shore, and with suchrapidity and force as to carry the smaller bergs alongwith them. We were too happy, when, after a manfulstruosiie of some hours, we found ourselves once more Do ^ (jut of their range. Our new position was rather nearer to the souththan the one we had left. It was in a beautiful REFUGE HARBOR. landlocked from east to west, and accessible only fromthe north. Here we moored our vessel securelj^ byhawsers to the rocks, and a whale-line carried out tothe narrow entrance. x\.t McGarys suggestion, I calledit Fog Inlet; Ijut we afterward remembered it morethankfully as Refuge Harbor. ^^^^ August 9, Tuesday.—It may be noted among ourlittle miseries that we have more than fifty dogs on 56 DOGS WALRUS NARWHAL. board, the majority of whom might rather be charac-terized as ravening wolves. To feed this family,upon whose strength our progress and success depend,IS really a difficult matter. The absence of shore orland ice to the south in Baffins Bay has preventedour rifles from contributing any material aid to ourcommissariat. Our tw^o bears lasted the cormorantsbut eight days; and to feed them upon the meagreallowance of two pounds of raw flesh every other dayis an alm
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