The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-07-28 00:00:00

771 E NORTHERN EXPEDITION.

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Customs II Ii

We have been favoured with the following inte-
resting extract of • letter from one of the Gentle-
men employed on the Northern Expedition :

" His Majesty's ship Fiery, Hudson's Biy, the
foam of Muerte', hone 213.
• W 1 time ft* opportunity or writing you, by the
return of the Nantilus transport, which accompa-
nied us to carry our heavy stores. We have-had
an excellent [image from the Orkneys to this part
of the world ; the weather, however, since we base
been here, has not been so favourable.

" We have made two attempts to unload the
transport, having misrule fast to icebergs for that
purpose, but have been blown off successively by
heavy gale., with the loss of some of our boats from
the deck, and no small share of tribulation for the
transport, which has not been properly fortified fOr
the ice. She has come off, however, very well, con-
sidering every thing, having onlylloat the copper
from her bows. We are now taking advantage of a
fine dry, and hope to get rid of her ►n a day or two,
■nd to proceed upon our destination.

" We made an island about • week ago, called
Resolution Island, where we expected to *ft "MS
Indians, hut there was so much ice betweiew dot
ships and the land, that we could not get in.

•r I can hardly give you an idea of our intended
route, or, ►core properly, of our ideal route: first.
because our course most, in a guest measure, de-
pend upon the state of the ice ; secondly, for want
of a chart, fur those In common use !it'd so incor-
rect in the general outline of the coast as to be
perfectly uvrleas. If, however, you should fall in
with • good mop of the country, I will tell you
the track we shall endeavour to take.

" After making Cape Farewell, the southern
extremity of Greenland, in lat. 39. N. and long.
44. W. we proceeded nearly due west between
Cape Chidley, on the Labrador Coast, and
Resolution island, in lat. 61. 40. N. and long.
63. W. where we now are; from hence we in•
tend to steer, if wind and ice will permit, 'about
a north-west course, and endeavour to explore en
inlet to the Fast of Repulse Bay, which has never
yet been entered by any one but Fox, about ISO
years ago ; thence we shall proceed to Hearne's
Sea, where we shall winter (if we get there) ; then
to Mackenzie's Sea, Behring's Straits, Ike.
" All the Officers are exceedingly agreeably,
and I have hut little doubt we shall spend the
winter very comfortably together. We are ill pre-
paring our rifles for shooting deer, with which these
islands abound. We are, however, exceerlinele
well off in the eating wry—plenty of fresh bre
mutton, pork, eggs, fish, and poultry on
besides sheep, pips, and 22 line bullocks, on horrid
the transport, and potted meats and soups of all
kinds for ►nore than three years, so that our ials
provisions we scarcely need taste the whole voyage,
unless we choose.
" The mean temperature where we now are
about 35 deg. Fahrenheit, the sun just skimming
below the horizon at this time et midnight, so that
we have constant day, which you may conceive is
a great comfort in navigation amongst ice. An appa-
ratus was yestetday let down to the depth of 500
fathoms for bringing up water : its temper,iture by
a registering thermometer was 401 degrees Fahren-
heit ; that at the surface being 36 degrees. The
specific gravity„, at the same depth was 1.0.178.
and at the surface 1.0260. • Our position, as deter
mined all -- alwes• •, the riorth•e-

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