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 . tumn. The first was that, on the 9th of September, when onthe summit of the high hill which I ascended, I noticed a brightness in thewestern sky so much resembling ice-blink, that I remarked it to the menwho were with me, and afterwards to Mr. Ross on my return to the second circumstance now alluded to is, that, from a still h
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 . tumn. The first was that, on the 9th of September, when onthe summit of the high hill which I ascended, I noticed a brightness in thewestern sky so much resembling ice-blink, that I remarked it to the menwho were with me, and afterwards to Mr. Ross on my return to the second circumstance now alluded to is, that, from a still higher hill, towhich I despatched Messrs. Ross and Bushnan on the 13th, they saw a greatdeal of water to the , with islands and capes ; but, as the sun hadjust set, they could make out nothing more. As we had already determinedby the closest examination, that there was here no communication with it,and as no idea could be entertained of the sea being only at the distance often or twelve leagues in that direction, I came to the conclusion that it couldonly be a lake of larger dimensions than the numberless others with whichthis country is covered. I had now, however, not the smallest doubt that it WpiU Ju-cetitn they thinkxve , t&ert fang no seen/ jrorsv JSHc Wa2rue*s- nor Whole OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. 199 was the sea which our gentlemen had then seen, and that both this, and the l822-blink observed by myself, might be considered as confirming very satisfac- y^-r**~>torily the accounts given by the Esquimaux. The barometer rose to inches in the night, being the maximum indica-tion registered since the 18th of September preceding. It was so far, however,from being the precursor of any thing unusually fine in the weather, that itblew a fresh breeze from the on the 26th, which was followed by over- Tues. weather and small snow. To this succeeded a gale from the northward,which came on with considerable violence on the 27th, and continued to Wed. 2
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