The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-18 00:00:00

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4LF•PAY. NORTHERN EXPEDA4IOIf• •, . . ,r,
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E EDITOR. tie following very interesting Letter Is from art '
on,e of feeling .OWE employed on 'the North-West Espedition, to )
d worth, most a friend in Town i-
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lar just issued 94 H. N. ship Alexander, lone 17. 18111.
f that immoral "Mr DEAR Sta,—l am now writing in a teat i
b requited such 1 upon the North End of Hare or Waned Island, with •
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the pendulum clock within one yard of. me. and the t 4
actual stale of
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ranted by the
observatory and all the instruments isithio half a li
ire for the see- dozen. We were arrested in our pipes, )esterday 1
fielded op their by the ice. which forms a complete bar !bast three
-;oontry: why miles to the northward of this Weed, commenting on
the Greenland se,from whatis called 16E1
ad spouseless,tid
at so extrava. Point, and extending down the Straits at a distance
and monastic i not greeter than ten miles to the westward of this ~ d
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island, and 15 to the wer.ward &Disko. Soon after . /
this sort, at.
P nature of a entering the Straits, we found, it absolutely itnprac- I
Thus situated, licable to go up ts.a middle, as the tee gradually
I, would not a brought us into the land, till, a tittle to the North.
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in the opinion ward of Itiskoll (outgo, Heel Koll), we were fora
honour to pre- day or two totally blockaded. The ice then, by one
' her character of those unaccountable changes that so frequen.ly qci
cur here. opened sufficiently to give us a free passage, t
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toe good offices till, yesterday, we found a seared bar in this place.
have hitherto From every account we have received, as w ell as from -
what we base already seen, it is certain, that the last i T
r beneficial er-
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me leave le winter has oat only been a severe owe, bet that the
frost has lasted leech later than has been the caswfot
at judicious al. i.
equally desir
many years past. You may imagine our surprise
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when on coming into this neighbourhood. yester.
on of his. dal, we. found upwards of five-and-thirty BIWA
pamphlet pub- ships at anchor upon.the ioe•beigs, which completely
ban fend years
form a cluster of innumerable islands from the spot
aces, (in which
in which I at this moment View them. They have
the welfare of all been detained here—not days—but weeks, in
(mien of those spite of every exertion to get to the northhard ; and
riess solicitude the fishery may be considered as hitherto an en- t
successful one, with the exception of a few of the A ‘
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try demonstrate successful
ships in Disko Bay. The causes which ope;ate
upon the ice, producing very sudden changes in it,
1111 Captain
says are so little undErstood that it is impossible to judge
he judgment, it
when any such change may take place as to enable
It just and rea-
olt to get to the Northward. I have just been.to the
d be graduated top of a mountein of no inconsiderable heights), to de.
4, as alsoin ye. (ermine its altitude by the barometer, and I wish I t i
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'These might be could give you an adequate idea of the niagtsifirent
he laid down in sublimity of the seen. t have just witnessed. Too *1
temporary bar- i whole horizon to the Northward and West ward is ogle
urologist, num-
complete naafis of compact field-ice, with the emu,.
kawlie be the tion of about WO tremendous icebergs, which. with
lose who, from here and there a small spot of clear blue watercsette i
leCted to inhabit
, to vary the scene which would otherwise tire the eye •
tbld e"nsys°llY with the uniformity of its dazzling whiteness. To the I
reserved, or the Eastward is seen the land of Greenland, very hightail. r.
to decay. No most entirely covered with snow, and trots oing as it
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pled, should be at
were upon the ocean of ice which environs its shores. rt.
of the immortal To the South ward is the bland of Disko, with its sum'
The Pensions of rt
mit (which we hive never clearly seen) completely
th a remorat of lost in the cloud,. Near this island are all the . 1
ales. ALL RE.
Greenland ships at anchor, giving a finish to the
110I.Y, ARE NO smile, whose grandeur and beauty are far beyond
hey lead in some any thing I have seen before. The longitudes of the
hers to deludes- ,
S pares on Oda coast were very much in want of. COT•
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rection. We had a great number of es-ellent lenatil
ts. such are the
this part of the.
to the Southward, which. with Ike Isabella's chroo .
it
Emitted for calm onmeters (which go admirahlj ). will, I think, deieso 't
here more in de.
mine the tongitedes so far, to the nearest three toe t
" the ascertain- four miles. The dip of the Needle in lat. 67.'21 was
red."
52., and the variation 67. 30.—llere the dip about 1
itted an admire- the same, and the azymuths we have taken this morn. , . ;-,
manent employ- ing we cannot work for want, of a latitude, which we ~ ; , t
soldiers. This, hope to obtain at midnight. The transit of the son v
'pun by Govern, for the pendulum we hope to get to-inorrovr, and it
, to enable Mu- the ice still remains firm, so as to prevent our leaving
'n provincial jai* this ulace, the next day, we trust, will produce some*
, however, as a thing in this way. Delighted as lem to take a ink .
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cot that was re* in these obseivetion,, 1 confess I should be glad to
evil, which sob- see the tents Stfotk to.night, and the ice open ; and
foretold by that you may rely upon it, that no object whatever will 4
'veiled. ever tempt our Cimmodore to neglect for an inmost
lisbanded sobs!. the main object of the Espedition. Yoe must-not ,
rely alluded to in expect from me now any of the remarks which will
will give Y"° s"" hereafter form the most interesting part of oar story, it .
et, which probe- ‘I
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but which you may (tepee(' upon it I do mot neglect
e Regular Army In register
reside'', and filly. My journal will,
earnestly solicit-
I trust, contain some materials which, in proper
as much in need
hands, will be easily moulded iota something briefest-
ing. I do tint know that I allow any thing to pine
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3aPtain Fairwlsal without notice, and I make a point of collecting every
Ensign 341., the
thing, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, that
—That miserable conies in my way. Of these I wish very much to
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it the nominal ea- send home a collection by the Greenland ships, but I
eso some trilling do not like the idea. of their !seine seized by the Cute
stipend, though . -
tom-house, and sold for five shillings at soction.—•
present amount,,
Our ships are every thing wa could wish. The
elm" HA" To Alexander has now (among the ire, where the water
NO °TILER IN.. 1 1,
! majority by tar, : is constantly smooth) the decided superiority, es she e i
works as well as any boat, and h, in every respect,
it) might be ma-
what we could wish. We were much too deep. is . •
..I once a quarter, setting out, for she has s small liuld, but We are nor
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neatly clear, and all is right.
this could make ..
I cannot express to you bow thankful I feel be
hject of less con• I having been allowed to take a part in this very 11. . ,
to, to the potties
looking forward westing Expedition. It is an era in my life wl4h•
1 tru,t, will not remain unimptoved. You rill
oblige me by telling Mr.., to whom I Run se
casionally borne !much, and to whom I have written a few lasty a
s for his advance-
lines, upon the ground, all that I have soil to ' t
efforts had they you, as my time it so constantly taken up that L .1'
have entitled him have scarcely a moment to spare. There is, indeed. I.
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public gratitude) nut a moment of the lour-and-twenty bows that ..,
is article. When something interesting does not present itself; and
itrvite individuals,
I am desires. to lose no opportunity of making ob.
Ise of whose prat- nervations* and rematks; and apprehensive of any
Ts, ° suitable re- thing being lost for want of ifs being registered
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f vast importance
at the time. The eurreottbat his been spoken of
this useful man,
as coming constantly dOwn the Straits, g it exists
State, I base an at all, must be to the westward of our track up the
t one of its re.
Straits; and, indeed, all the Masters of the Ships
d upon him the have a great dread of being set to the westward in b
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self•imposetf, but our present latitude, as they insist upon It, thet if a
more laudable la-
ship were beset here, she would probably come out
s, that the com- in 65 degrees.
with whom things "Tuesday, Jane !!• i •
n, of yielding to " The ice hiving opened a little on the evening
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I, you will doubt• of Saturday, we endeavwered to get over from flare
on for this bland to therms' of Greenland, or, as the Masters o
UNREWARDED call it, the
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East Land. The Isabella' *as beset Its
making this attelipt, and iiiiiifilftea about with the
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ti ice by the tides till Moodily morning. We were f t
• oacceeded In getting over to
the land, end into clear water, en Smithy earning,
engaged at New
Theatre, brother more fortunate, having. it
—Thera would be no usvigatiag this sea tint for eke
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ippeantiste at the and there made fad to a berg to wait for the Isabella.
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