ssibility of the officers receiving any bias from my own
opinion, the order was given to them the moment we arrived on board
the Fury.

'Captain Hoppner and the other officers, after spending several hours
in attentively examining every part of the ship, both within and
without, and maturely weighing all the circumstances of her situation,
gave it as their opinion that it would be quite impracticable to make
her sea-worthy, even if she could be hauled off, which would first
require the water to be got out of the ship, and the holds to be once
more entirely cleared. Mr. Pulfer, the carpenter of the Fury,
considered that it would occupy five days to clear the ship of water;
that if she were got off, all the pumps would not be sufficient to
keep her free, in consequence of the additional damage she seemed to
have sustained: and that, if even hove down, twenty days' work, with
the means we possessed, would be required for making her sea-worthy.
Captain Hoppner and the other officers were therefore of opinion, that
an absolute necessity existed for abandoning the Fury. My own opinion
being thus confirmed as to the utter hopelessness of saving her, and
feeling more strongly than ever the responsibility which attached to
me of preserving the Hecla unhurt, it was with extreme pain and regret
that I made the signal for the Fury's officers and men to be sent for
their clothes, most of which had been put on shore with the stores.

'The Hecla's bower-anchor, which had been placed on the beach, was
sent on board as soon as the people came on shore; but her remaining
cable was too much entangled with the grounded ice to be disengaged
without great loss of time. Having allowed the officers and men an
hour for packing up their clothes, and what else belonging to them the
water in the ship had not covered, the Fury's boats were hauled up on
the beach, and at two A.M. I left her, and was followed by Captain
Hoppner, Lieutenant Austin, and the last of the people in half an hour
after.

'The whole of the Fury's stores were, of necessity, left either on
board her or on shore; every spare corner that we could find in the
Hecla being now absolutely required for the accommodation of our
double complement of officers and men, whose cleanliness and health
could only be maintained by keeping the decks as clear and well
ventilated as our limited space would permit. The spot where the Fury
was left is in latitude 72 deg. 42' 30"; the longitude b