| History - 1834 - 850 pages
...From the summit of the lofty mountain on the promontory we could see Prince Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, and Lancaster Sound, which presented one impenetrable...forced, by want of provisions, and the approach of a very severe winter, to return to Fury Beach, where alone there remained wherewith to sustain life,... | |
| English literature - 1833 - 554 pages
...From the summit of the lofty mountain on the promontory we could see Prince Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, and Lancaster Sound, which presented one impenetrable mass of ice, just as I had seen it in 1818. Here \ve remained in a state of anxiety and suspense, which may be easier imagined than described. All our... | |
| Military art and science - 1833 - 592 pages
...Inlet, Barrow's Strait, and Lancaster Sound, which presented one impenetrable mass of ice, justasl had seen it in 1818. Here we remained in a state of...our attempts to push through were vain. At length we were forced, by want of provisions and the approach of a very severe winter, to return to Fury Beach,... | |
| Military art and science - 1833 - 594 pages
...From the summit of the lofty mountain on the promontory we could see Prince Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, and Lancaster Sound, which presented one impenetrable...our attempts to push through were vain. At length we were forced, by want of provisions and the approach of a very severe winter, to return to Fury Beach,... | |
| 1833 - 588 pages
...From the summit of the lofty mountain on the promontory wo could sec Prince Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, and Lancaster Sound, which presented one impenetrable...imagined than described. All our attempts to push through wore vain; at length being forced by want of provisions and the approach of a very severe winter, to... | |
| History - 1834 - 850 pages
...From the summit of the lofty mountain on the promontory we could see Prince Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, and Lancaster Sound, which presented one impenetrable...forced, by want of provisions, and the approach of a very severe winter, to return to Fury Beach, where alone there remained wherewith to sustain life,... | |
| Naval battles - 1834 - 658 pages
...Yard, at Brooklyn, NY, after tlui exclusion uf Jam Uh, 18^9. — p. 404. CAPTURE OF THE GUERRIERE. Sound, which presented one impenetrable mass of ice,...forced by want of provisions and the approach of a very severe winter to return to Fury Beach, where alone there remained wherewith to sustain life, there... | |
| Technology - 1834 - 476 pages
...From the summit of the lofty. mountain on the promontory we could see Prince Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, and Lancaster Sound, which presented one impenetrable...at length, being forced by want of provisions and tiie approach of a very severe winter, to return to Fury ßeach, where alone there remained wherewith... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1834 - 478 pages
...mountain on the promontory we could see Prince Regent's Inlet, narrow's Strait, and Lancaster-Sound, which presented one impenetrable mass of ice, just...forced by want of provisions and the approach of a very severe winter, to return to Fury Beach, where alone there remained wherewith to sustain life,... | |
| Arctic regions - 1834 - 170 pages
...From the summit of the lofty mountain on the promontory, we could see Prince Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, and Lancaster Sound, which presented one impenetrable...than described. All our attempts to push through were ^tmT At length, being forced by want of provisions, and the approach of a most severe winter, to return... | |
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