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 . side of her,before Captain Lyon had time to secure his hawsers, the tide running fulla knot and a half. Much havoc is usually to be apprehended in such cases ;after some grinding and squeezing, therefore, we considered ourselves tohave escaped very well with the loss of one of the Heclas boats torn to piecesby the Furys anchor ; but wer
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 . side of her,before Captain Lyon had time to secure his hawsers, the tide running fulla knot and a half. Much havoc is usually to be apprehended in such cases ;after some grinding and squeezing, therefore, we considered ourselves tohave escaped very well with the loss of one of the Heclas boats torn to piecesby the Furys anchor ; but were soon afterwards much mortified in disco-vering that the latter was rendered unserviceable also, by being badlycracked in the At midnight the ice began drifting to the north-east with the ebb-tide,which seemed to set more in earnest than we had ever seen it do before,though for what reason was not apparent. In consequence of this movement,a number of heavy floe-pieces came with great violence against our sterns atfifteen minutes past one on the 4th, setting along the edge of the land-ice,and threatening to carry us away, with an equal strain on each of five stouthawsers. The uncertainty respecting the soundings off Owlitteeweek, where. OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. 253 the numerous grounded masses indicated shoal water, alone prevented our 1822-casting off and suffering the ships to drive to the north-east; but the danger vi^lllof drifting, thus hampered, into shoal water and in a strong tide-way isevident. Between three and four the tide slackened, having run less thanfour hours to the north-east; and at five the ice opened, enabling us to castoff, but with so light an air of wind from the south-east as scarcely to allowus to stem the flood. At half-past six the ice again began to close, and thesignal was made to secure the ships to the floe. The depth of water, however,which the heavy ice draws giving the tide a much greater hold of it than of theships, the
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