We inquired anxiously, but in vain, for intelligence respecting Lieutenant Parry, and the ships under his command; but as he mentioned that the wind had been blowing strong from the northward for some time, which would, probably, have cleared Baffin's Bay of ice, we were disposed to hope favourably of his progress.
The clouds assumed so much the appearance of icebergs this evening, as to deceive most of the passengers and crew; but their imaginations had been excited by the intelligence we had received from the Andrew Marvell, that she had only parted from a cluster of them two days previous to our meetings.
On the 27th, being in latitude 57 deg.

44' 21" N., longitude 47 deg.

31' 14" W., and the weather calm we tried for soundings, but did not reach the bottom.

The register thermometer was attached to the line just above the lead, and is supposed to have descended six hundred and fifty fathoms.

A well-corked bottle was also fastened to the line, two hundred fathoms above the lead, and went down four hundred and fifty fathoms.
The change in temperature, shewn by the register thermometer during the descent, was from 52 deg.