The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-01

ander and sailed for Cape Farewell which they passed
about five weeks, and made for Cape Dudley Digges,
the midst of ce From this they entered Smiths Sound,
and after examining carefully, concluded that it,
we'll Jones' Sound and Lancaster Sound, bays
without openings, having supposed that they saw head
lands across After surveying the shores Of Cumberland
Strait, and the coasts around there, Captain Ross re-
turned to England in the following October without max
ing any important discovery At this time that Ross
and Parry set this voyage, Captain Buchan and
Lieutenant Franklin afterwards Sir John) sailed in the
Trent and Dorohea into the spitzbergen Seas with view
to reach the North Pole when they found the tempera
ture mild and pleasant, e sky clear and azure as the
skies Of Italy 0bstructed all sides by cebergs the
navgators found it almost impossible to advance, and
though they reached point far north eighty de-
grees and thirty minutes, they returned to England
in October, the Dorothea having almost foundered in
gale which took them in the middle OF the Ice attempting
TO reach the Greenland coast Next year Parry assisted
by Lieutenant Liddon, made another attempt to get
through Lancaster Sound being doubt to the opinion
formed by Ross in the previous voyage, that 1t
was simply bay. He left tho More with the
Heca and Griper, manned by ninety. four
and provisioned for two years, May II, 1919.
They pushed through Davis Straits and Bafhn's Bay
into Lancaster Sound, through very heavy ice,
and passed through II into Barrow's Strait thus named
the Lords Of the Admiralty Here, being beset in ice,
they ran southwark into bay which they called Prince
Regents Inlet Returning, they pushed to the west
ward, passing Capes Hurd and Hotha and Beechy Island
until they entered Wellington Channel, and passed on
northwards to Melville Island where they wntered The
expedition had reached the 10th meridian Of west
longitude and the crew entitled to the reward Of
i've thousand pounds promised by Parliament TO the first
ship that should attain that point Amusing his with
private theatrcas and other pasmes together with con-
siderable hunting Parry got through the dismal winter
and on the ID Of August the ice broke up, permitting
farther advance to within sight OF the western extremity
of Melville Island, where another line Of land was sds
covered, and called Banks land. III was found impossible
TO proceed farther west that the ships returned home
after having reached thirty degrees Of west longitude
more than any former navgators discovered
lands bays and islands, and established the existence Of
Polar north Of the American continent
In the September OF the year Parry sailed an overland
journey set foot under Sir John Franklin from
York factory Hudsons Bay, in which he was accompa
MED by DR.. Richardson two mdshpmen Back and Hood,
and seaman named Hepburn The intention was to OK.
anime the north coast Of America eastward from the Cop
permne river This tedious and perilousj the
men enduring unparalleled suerbgs from starvation and
cold. They travelled in this attempt $3.50 miles, and
were three years in accomplishing that distance, having
reached point the coast far west as Point Barrow
Captain Parry encouraged by his previous success, un
dcrtook second voyage in May, 1921, with the Heca
and Fury, intending To make for Repulse Bay by Hud-
sons Strait, in tho hope that the Northwest passage
might bc found south Of Melville Island whore he for
mcrly found The Ice impassabe Having reached within
view Of Southampton Island, Parry sailed up Foxs Chan
nell but he soon found that there was no Quite, there Ho
next tried Repalse Bay, but with as little success,