Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-11-12
And still they gaz'd and still the wonder
grew,
That one small head could carry all he
knew
NORTH WESTERN EXPEDITION.

NORTH WESTERN EXPEDITION.
The Quarterly Rev;s,v, just published,
contains the following remarks upon
Capt. Parry's expedition of discovery:
Two summers have now passed
over, and it is pretty clear that they
have not carried him into the Pacific ;
unless, indeed, which is merely 10 the
chances, he may have taken the route
of China and the Cape of Good Hope,
which from his ample supply of provis-
ions remaining, is not quite improbable.
Had he run from Kamtskatka, or along
The coast Of America, in the Pacific, we
should, before this time, have heard of
him. We know he calculated upon
three summers, and only wished that,
if not heard of in the beginning of 1924,
a vessel with provisions might be sent
into Behring's Strait, in the autumn of
that year. He was last seen near the
Upper Savage Island, on the Esd of
July, 1921, steering with a fair wind
and through an open sea, direct for Re-
pulse Bay; and as Captain Franklin left
Cape Turnagain on the 25th of August,
of the same year, the latter was on his
return before Captain Parry could pos
sibly have reached that point. In the
event, however, of his having done so
in the course of that season, it is not i'm
probable that he would enter that deep
gulf, Of which the Cape forms the east
ern and northern extremity; the less So
from its being situated in the same
longitude, nearly, as the Coppernlrne
River is laid down on Arrowsmith's
chart; point which ne would unGoribt-
eddy deem it expedient to visit: and ifso
he would meet with the flagstaff and
letter left by Captain Franklin, and pro.
badly pass the winter in one of the
many snug -harbouls which the Arctic
Gulf affords.
The second seas on would, with ease
bring him TO that point of the coas,
which is terminated by the: Rocky
Mountains, little beyond Mac senze':
River, the only spot where we can con.
ceiye any difficulty to occur; here Cap.
tain Parry would probably pas the sec.
ond winter: if so. the thn,d summer
would, without difficulty cary him thro'
Behring's Strait. And when we con.
slider the character of the commander
who would leave nothing behind nm
unexamned (and, from the lndented
nature of the coast. there is much to
examine, we are not in fJle least sur.
Prlsed at bis taking bnree seasons
which, indeed, he always calculated
10 oin the course of tn e present sum.
mer. With regard to risk, we appre.
bend none beyond that TO which ali nav.
cation in the icy Sc as is liable, ant
which the long-frequ ated whale fish.
cry, conducted in e'ssels not half SC
strong, nor half SO well manned, ha:
proved to be little moore than commo,
sea risk.
Indeed, with ships as strong as wooo
and iron Can make them, stored witt
provisions and fuel OF nearly floor years
with commander excelled by none II
the various duties of his profession, en-
dued with intel IL ;ctual faculties of the
highest order, Al full OF zeal and ener.
gy' tempered "rnh due prudence anc
discrenon;-with, experienced officer:
and crews OF | I,ked seamen, we cannon
persuade ours ) yes that any reasonable
ground OF ala I'm for their safety neec
be entertaine d.