The coast of Massachusetts was low in the west.

To the north, the mountains of Maine showed blue on the horizon.

We went below to read.

Raed had bought, borrowed, and secured every work he could hear of on northern voyages and exploration, particularly those into Hudson Bay.

It was our intention to thoroughly read up the subject during our voyage: in a word, to get as good an idea of the northern coast as possible from books, and confirm this idea from actual observation.