A voyage towards the North pole undertaken by His Majesty's command, 1773 . itting the fhips, and to have the fulleft con-fidence in their officers. The boats could not with thegreatefh diligence 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 cany on both attemptstogether, inoving the boats conftantly, but without omit-ting any opportunity of getting the fhips through. 8th. At half pafl: four, fent two pilots with three mento fee the ftate of the ice t
A voyage towards the North pole undertaken by His Majesty's command, 1773 . itting the fhips, and to have the fulleft con-fidence in their officers. The boats could not with thegreatefh diligence 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 cany on both attemptstogether, inoving the boats conftantly, but without omit-ting any opportunity of getting the fhips through. 8th. At half pafl: four, fent two pilots with three mento fee the ftate of the ice to the Weftward, that T mightjudge of the probability of getting the fhips out. At ninethey returned, and reported the ice to be very heavy and. clofe, confifting 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 fhips hadin the mean time moved fomething through the ice, and the. I / /r (/ ///, Ji A ti:// UK .s-1-: ////// IA /{CA .s s, ,_^u/a</j/,7. ^77- JOURNAL. the ice itfelf had drifted ftill more to the Weftward. Atnight there was little wind, and a thick fog, fo that Icould not judge precifely of the advantage we had gained;but I ftill feared that, however flattering, it was not fuchas to juftify my giving up the idea of moving the boats,the feafon advancing fo faft, the prefervation of the fliipsbeing fo uncertain, and the fituation of the people focritical. 9th. A thick fog in the morning: we moved the fhipa little through fome very fmall openings. In the after-noon, upon its clearing up, we were agreeably fur-prized to find the {hips had driven much more than wecould have expefted 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; I fenta nu
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