great deal of water. It became therefore not only prudent but necessary to pull into a bay, which in the map is distinguished as Cockburn's Bay, being so named in compliment to the first Chairman of the Arctic Committee, Vice-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, to whose valuable exertions in organising the expedition I have already borne testimony. From the summit of an adjacent rock we could discern large quantities of ice to the westward, apparently close to the shore, which in that direction extended from twelve to fifteen miles; but the view being interrupted by the jutting out of the headland, its farther direction could not be ascertained. It must have been high water when we landed, which was at 7 P. M. of the day after the last quarter of the moon; for at about an hour past midnight, the boat, which had been left afloat in a snugly sheltered place, was found high and dry on the beach. A fresh breeze with squalls having continued through the night, it was not practicable to move until 10 A. M.; and this detention gave me an opportunity of getting sights which placed us in latitude 67° 20′ 31′′ N., and longitude 94° 28' 14" W.: on this occasion the compass was placed upon the sandy beach, about a quarter of a mile from the nearest rocks, and agreed with two others held in the hand.

The appearance of so much ice to the west