Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-06-23

from this neighborhood, after the protract-
ed endurance of our ships unparalleled in
Arctic story. The mouth of the stream
which bounded the last career of our adj
mrabe little boats, and received their
names, lies in lat 90 deg. % min. 81 sec.
NJ, long. 81 deg, 3 min. W., variation of
the compass, Is deg. 20 min. w. The
strong wind that had forbidden on: advance
gave wings to our retreat.
The same night, the Goth of August, we
landed once more at Cape Britannia, and
next morning we crossed the inland direct
10 Point Pechell, with heavy sea. On the
22d we explored long narrow bay on the
west side Of Point Ogle, which extends to
the 6Sth parallel Of latitude. The north
wind blew roughly, with sharp frost, and
next day we got no farther than Richard
son. Thence We crossed over on the oath
TO what had from the continent appeared
like two islands, but which we rightly con-
jectured to form part of :hc southern shore
OF Boothia, or to speak with greater preci-
sion, Of the land on whce stands Cape Fee
Iix Of Captain James Ross. This shore we
had the satisfaction Of tracing for about
sixty miles till it turned up TO the north in
lat. GS deg Ia min. I6 sec. n, long. SO
deg % min. w. Only fifty seven miles
from Ross's pillar the dip of the needle
was 80 deg. % min As sec. n, the mag
nctic pole bearing N. n. E., distance nine
ty miles. The variation as shown by the
azimulh compass aud the horizontal bar
needle, was 40 deg. east. The objects
seen on this coast are easily enumerated
a low uninteresting limestone tract, abound
ing nevertheless in reindeer, musk oxen,
and old native encampments. To the
westward good deal of ice appeared, and
vast numbers of snow-geese passed high
overhead in long triangular flights, bound
for milder skies.
Whilst engaged in taking observations,
our men constructed another durable me-
mortal of our discoveries, which was salu-
ted in the usual manner. Then rccrossng
the strait on he25th, we resumed for some
time our outward route, only keeping more
along the seaward verge Of the islands, so
as to shape a straighter course.
The weather, from being threatening
and unsettled, soon became unequivocaIy
severe. On the Goth Of August, a snow
storm began, that lasted seven days, during
four days OF which we were fixed to a sin
gle spot by the violence Of the n. West
gales; while the frost was so keen, that the
pools among the rocks on which we lay
became solid enough to bear UP man. A
more moderate interval succeeded this fierce
outbreak. Quitting the continent again,
at the large river already mentioned, We
struck n. n. W., for an extensive Island,
twenty-five miles OF, which We coastcd
N. w. for twenty miles; and, shortly be-
fore sunset, on the 9th OF September, stood
GU: thence due north for the nearest point
Of Victoria land, which proved equally dis
tant. We have never seen anything more
brilliant than the phosphoric cleaning of
the waves when darkness set in. The
boats seemed to cleave q flood Of molten
silver; and the spray dashed from their
bows before the fresh breeze, fell back like
showers Of diamonds into the deep. TWAS
a cold night, and when we at last made the
land, cliffs, faced with eternal ice, obliged
US TO run on couple of leagues before we
could take the shore with safety. The
coast of Victoria Land which we explored
for upwards of one hundred and fifty miles
is incomparably the boldest we have met
with in these seas. Often near the shore,
no bottom could be found with thirty-fve
fathoms of line; and the cerulean blue CO.
| Tor, of the water every where indicated
! profound depth. There are several BAYS,
the largest of which, n. w. Of cape Alex
ander, is twenty miles wide, and equally
deep, backed by snow clad mountains 1t
attains to 90 deg. 40 min. N, the highest
latitude of this voyage.
AT length we reached the extreme-point
seen by Mr.. Simpson from Cape Franklin
in 1888, where the coast of this large coun-
Try begins again to tend northward Of west,
Cape Barrow lying by computation s. S.
w. distant fifty miles. On the 10 of Sep
tember, we crossed this magnificent strait
with strong E. S. E. or side wind and a
rough sea, in which our gallant boats, old
and worn out as they were, acquitted them
selves beyond our most sanguine hopes
Our return from Cape Barrow was misera-
bly, retarded by furious n. w. winds and
severe stress of weather. Winter perma-
nently Sc: in on the 18th of September;
| and next day 10 the undisguised Joy Of the
whole party, we re-entered the Copermine
river. after by far the longest voyage ever
performed in boats on the Polar sea. Lea
wing one Of our little craft, together with
the remains of the pemcan (Which through
age and long exposure was become quite
mouldy. and variour other articles, as
prize to the first Esquimaux who may Vi
sit the Bloody Fall, we assembled the river
with our double crew in four DAYS, aban-
doned orr tents and every thing but abso-