Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-07-20

called ON the chart Barrows- Straits; Jolly
81. The entrance Of this strait Is ID
bout n. lat a., w. long. IS. Tncy cross
ed the meridian Of lilo w. long SEPT 4,
Inv which they earned the reward OF
$4,000 offered by the British government,
and it wac not until Sept. 9Th, after having
passed the 10th degree Of isagItude, al
though their progress had been very often
impeded BY ice, that they let 90 the first
anchor after leaving England. On the
18th of Sept after having reached ssfar
west as III 81, they found it Unnecessary to
turn back and seek harbor for the Win
ter. They succeeded in getting into a
very safe and commodious bay which they
called Winter Harbor, where they passed
the winter. This harbour Is situated on
the north shore of what is denominated
the Polar Sea, in lat. "a. ~, and W. long.
llO4S. 1t is in very nearl the same
longitude with the mouth OF CopperInine
river. discovered by MIR. Hearne. in the
wear III and five or six degrees farther
north. Here they remained until u-
gust |, 1920, when they mace another at
tempt to proceed westward. They reach
ed west long lis 46, where their further
progress was imPeded by ice, and on the
18th they began to retrace their course
Their return voyage was successfully &C
complished-they reached the entrance
of the straits on the 3lst of August. and
arrived on the coast of Scotland at the
end of October.
The following extracts are from that
part OF the Journal which relates to the
period Of their residence at Winter Har-
Dor
Saturday, Oct 9-Although the sun
has not yet entirely left US, we receive
now but little benefit 'front.', either in the
way of heat or light; for ever since the
housing has been put over the ships, we
have been obliged to use candles the
whole day, or properly speaking, as long
as our allowance of these necessary arti-
cles last, which, l am sorry to say, is very
inadequate, being only one candle (ten of
which 90 the lb.) every six days; to each
officer, or little more than an inch of
candle day p. l40-l43.
" Sunday, 10th. Seven deer were seen
to day one of which we killed, and anoth-
err was severely wounded, but owing to
the night coming on, he got away, after
being pursued for several miles. The ar
dour with which he was followed very
nearly led the party that went after him
into serious predicament, for they were
SO loath to give up the chase that, before
they thought of returning, the day was so
far spent that they lost their way coming
back. Two of them returned about six
o'clock, in SO exhausted a state, and SO
much affected by the cold, that we began
to entertain serious apprehensions for the
safety of the two remaining persons Of
the party, who were yet absent As it
was now evident, from the report of
those that returned, that the others had
lost their way, we commenced lmmedi-
ateiy to fire guns, set off rockets, and
burn blue lights, in order to direct them
towards the ships. Abou: guar ,er past
seven one of them returned-but he was
in such a state Of insenslbility that we
could not obtain any correct information
from him respecting the other man, any
further than that they parted about an
hour before he came on board. One of
his hands is very much frost-bitten, and
ne was altogether i'll such state of pain,
stupor and confusion. that his answers to
the questions that were put to him were,
as have just said, so incoherent that
nothing could be learnt from him. 1t
may easily be conceived then. that if we
were apprchensive before, we had double
reason to be SO now; for even the first
two Of the party that returned were very
much exhausted. and, as to the person
Just mentioned, it is very clear that he
could not have held out much longer, for
both his body and mind had, as | above
desert bed, suffered very considerably
from the severity Of the weather Tn
suspicious, however as these circumstan-
ces were, we had strong hopes that, as
the person who last returned had only
parted with him who was yet absent about
an hour before, that he could not be far
off; and, in order that no means might be
left untried that could be deemed likely
to direct him towards the ship, poles
were set up, with lanthorns on their top.
at different places, on the highest part Of
the land abou. tie harbor, and the firing
of guns, setting off rockets, and burning
Of blue lights were continued on board as
before. At length our endeavors were
crowned with success; for at half past
o'clock the stray person returned and
very much to our pleasure and surprise,
had not suffered the least from the cold,
Notwithstanding he had been upwards of
four hours longer than any Of the rest"
P. l43-li5.
Thursday, December 2lSf-This be-