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Excerpt from The Last of the Arctic Voyages, Vol. 2 of 2: Being a Narrative of the Expedition in H. M. S. Assistance, Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., In Search of Sir John Franklin, During the Years 1852-53-54; With Notes on the Natural History
September 27. - The ice had now thickened consider ably, and some few preparations were made, but not without suspicion, towards housing, but with express in junctions that the tilt covering must be ready to furl at any sudden emergency. The interior house-framing and building was still proceeded with. Late as it was, I did not feel authorized to proceed further until the spring tide, about the 3rd of October, which would, I imagined, afford us some criterion as to the security of the ice.
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