A brief narrative of an unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse Bay Volume Ñ‚. 1; through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's ship Griper, in the year MDCCCXXIV

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 Excerpt: ...by observation accorded so well. with Middleton's chart, that it was evident we had anchored between Vhale Point, and Cape Fullerton. The wind having moderated towards evening, I was induced to send I824. Sept. 1824. Sept." two-boats for water, and Lieutenant Manico and Mr. Kendall went in them, the latter gentleman to obtain angles with the theodolite. The flood tide was here observed to come decidedly from the south-west, as the ship swung to it while the wind continued fresh; but I think it may, from the trending of this part of the coast, be rather an eddy, than the true tide, influenced in all probability_ by the outset from Chesterfield Inlet, whence, Ellis tells us, the ebb runs ten hours, while the flood is only two. ' The oflicers on their return at midnight with a cargo of water, reported that the whole of the coast on which they had landed, was of the most barren description, of rugged, red, and gray granite rocks, with the strata running in a north-west direction. Several small rocky islets were scattered along the shore, and salt, as well as fresh-water lakes, extended to a considerable distance inland. No traces of natives were observable. Five deer were seen, with a quantity of ducks in a moulting state. The boats were left by the tide half a mile up the The rise and fall was found by the leads to be twentythree feet. High water, full and change, four o'c1ock. Velocity of the tide, one mile. Direfin of ebb, W-8.w-Direction of flood, 1-1.11.1-:. rocks, whence it required great labour to carry them to the water, in consequence of the rugged state of the coast. At thirty minutes after four, A.M., on the 9th, we weighed, and ran along the land which trended E.N.E. At forty minutes after eight, we arrived abreast of the Eastern Po...