re abreast of Buchaness the following evening. On the 16th,
being off Whitby, I went on shore there, and, after receiving the
cordial greetings of a great number of the worthy inhabitants of Whitby,
who had assembled to meet us on landing, set off for London, and arrived
at the Admiralty on the morning of the 18th.

THIRD VOYAGE

FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE.

INTRODUCTION.

Notwithstanding the want of success of the late expedition to the Polar
Seas, it was resolved to make another attempt to effect a passage by
sea, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The chief alterations in
the equipment of the present expedition consisted in the placing of
Sylvester's warming stove in the very bottom of the ship's hold, in
substituting a small quantity of salt beef for a part of the pork, and
in furnishing a much larger supply of newly corned beef. Preserved
carrots and parsnips, salmon, cream, pickles of onions, beet-root,
cabbage, and, to make the most of our stowage, _split_ peas, instead
of whole ones, were supplied. A small quantity of beef pemmican, made by
pounding the meat with a certain portion of fat, as described by Captain
Franklin, was also furnished.

CHAPTER I.

Passage to the Whale-fish Islands, and Removal of Stores from the
Transport.--Enter the Ice in Baffin's Bay.--Difficulties of
Penetrating to the Westward.--Quit the Ice in Baffin's
Bay.--Remarks on the Obstructions encountered by the Ships, and on
the Severity of the Season.

The equipment of the Hecla and Fury, and the loading of the William
Harris transport, being completed, we began to move down the river from
Deptford on the 8th of May, 1824, and on the 10th, by the assistance of
the steamboat, the three ships had reached Northfleet, where they
received their powder and their ordnance stores.

Early on the morning of the 3d of July, the whole of our stores being
removed, and Lieutenant Pritchard having received his orders, together
with our despatches and letters for England, the William Harris weighed
with a light wind from the northward, and was towed out to sea by our
boats.

Light northerly winds, together with the dull sailing of our now
deeply-laden ships, prevented our making much progress for several days,
and kept us in the neighbourhood of numerous icebergs, which it is
dangerous to approach when there is any swell. We counted from the deck,
at one