Guys were fixed to one end and, with the help of the marines and a party of convicts, the spar was raised alongside the stump of the mizzen mast; and was there lashed securely, the guys being fastened as stays to the bulwarks.
Blocks had been tied to the top, before it was raised; and ropes rove into them; and a try sail was brought on deck, and laid ready for hoisting.
The first mate ascended to the fore top, and at once hailed the deck that ice was visible ahead.

The captain joined him, and for some minutes the two officers carefully examined the horizon.

No sooner did the captain regain the deck than he ordered the try sail to be hoisted on the jury mast, and a haul to be given upon the braces of the fore sail, while the ship's course was laid a little north of east.
"It is lucky the wind has gone down as much as it has," he remarked to Mr.Hudson.

"The sea is still heavy but, if that jury mizzen stands, we shall be able to claw off the ice." "Is there much of it, captain ?" "We could see a good many bergs and, from the look of the sky, I should say there was an ice field lying beyond them.

However, I think we shall do, if the wind does not freshen again.