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could travel no longer.

At this point almost critical to [the?]
discovery - Martin and Hans started on foot
traveling the [Chord?] of a long bay - and
making [to/for?] a Salient Cape which obstruct-
-ted a farther view to the N. and East.

They reached it after 18 [hours?]
journey - and found that they could
go no further -- open water bathed its
precipetous face and hugged its [projectory/projecting?]
point - [no?] view to the Eastward could be
obtained but [in/to] the [illegible] - his eye
travelled along - a lofty [illegible] coast -
[watched?] by a [illegible].

The farthest point sighted was
Lat 82 degrees [illegible] but thirty eight miles south of
the point attained by the gallant Sir
Edward Parry.

The above results have been projected
upon the [scale?] which I constructed for our
[first] full journeys a series of plane scales
of a little less than 1/6 of an inch to the mile.
I have from these which stand as vouchers
of the original [field?] notes. A large
[Hamstead] projection and a Mercator
which serves as a [comparison?] with the
Admiralty Chart and exhibits some
[discrepancies?] between [Captn: Englefrald?] and
myself.

Thursday
July 6

The [roar?] of the Snow [torrents?]
fills the air - and although no channel
[debouches?] opposite our [brig?] we have be-
come sensible of the attrition of fresh
water upon the ice around us.

The water then.. [rose] to 33 degrees from
[illegible] and small particles are seen through the
cracks of the floe moving outwards.