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We (Plymouth Journal) have been favoured with the pe rusal of a letter from an officer of his Majesty's ship Fury, to a friend in Plymouth, dated July 16th, 1821, from which we make the following extract :— “ Dear W.—An unexpected opportunity again presents itself, by one of the Hudson's Bay Company ships, to let you know I am well, and moreover, that we are now in a fair way to get on, after being hampered among the ice, almost ever since the transport left us, on the 1st instant, and having had to contend with a tide, running in this strait at the rate of four or five miles per hour, which causes the ice to take different sets in the eddies ; but this cannot last long, as we perceive it to waste daily. We have had a considerable deal of rain, which must inevitably be one of the principal causes of its dissolution so fast. tts intended that we shall first make the Upper Sa vage Islands, and to the north of which, we expect to find the passage into the Polar Sea. Our ships are very bad to manage among the ice, being below their beamings, and con sequently below the doubling. We are at this moment get ting some heavy thumps in ‘boring through the ice to get to the Strangers. I must conclude, as Captain Parry will not stop a moment in company with the ships. I remain, ~ © Your's faithfully, “J. He,
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Courier
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Nov 10, 1821
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