ABSTRACT
After a most tedious and uninteresting passage, the vessel arrived off £'lome broken land, in latitude 56° 25' N: much ice driving to the southward. The wind was fresh and the commander made fast to a piece of ice ; but falling calm, he endeavoured to row in between the masses. This was an unforttmate attempt. He became hampered. The weather fell thick and foggy; and, to add to his trouble, a furious storm arose. Enormous masses of ice were driven about in all directions, and though the bark escaped the danger of being absolutely crushed, it could not be prevented by any degree of skill or energy (and neither seem to have been spared) from
1 Court Miscellany Book.-E. I. Jlfss.
