16th.  Brother Kmoch went on shore and returned with a parcel of stones for examination.  We now began to feel some anxiety on account of the great loss of time we were suffering here by contrary winds.

17th.  About eight o’clock we set sail, the wind having come round to the S.E. with a cloudy sky.  We passed several nameless islands, at the distance of about a mile from the shore.  In the afternoon, it began to rain hard, and after having sailed about twelve miles, we cast anchor near a long point of land, called Kernertut, by which we were sheltered from the wind, which had again turned to the South-west.  The sky however was clear, and the beginning of the night pleasant, with beautiful appearances of the Aurora Borealis.  Most of our people, and with them Uttakiyok, had gone in the skin-boat higher up the bay, but it was too shallow to admit of our following them.  Only Jonas and his children, and the two boys Okkiksuk and Mammak, were left with us on board.

During the night the wind veered round to the N.E. and blew a gale, which increased in violence till day-break.

18th.  The sea now rose to a tremendous height, such as we had never before experienced, and by the change of wind, we were exposed to the whole of its fury.  The rain fell in torrents.  We lay at three anchors, and the boat was tossed about terribly, the sea frequently breaking quite over her, insomuch that we expected every moment to be swallowed up in the abyss.  With much difficulty we succeeded in lowering our after-mast.  Jonathan and the rest of our company on shore, were obliged to be passive spectators of the dreadful scene, waiting the event in silent anguish.  They quitted their tents, and came forward to some eminences near the beach, where, by lifting up their hands, and other gestures, they expressed terror, bordering on despair.  Frequently the boat was hid from their view by the waves, which ran mountains high.  They expected every moment that we should break loose from our anchors, and the boat be driven on the rocks.  The length of our cables was here of the greatest advantage to us.  About noon, the rope by which the small boat was fastened, broke.  She was immediately carried up the bay, and thrown, by the violence of the surf, on the top of a rock, where she stuck fast, keel upwards.  It was impossible to render us any assistance, till the tide turned, when the raging of the sea, and the wind, began to abate.  As soon as it was practicable, Jonathan and the other men came to us in the skin-boat.  He seemed quite overcome with joy, and, not able to utter a word, held out his hand, and shed tears of gratitude that he met us again alive, for he had given us up for lost.

We now endeavoured to bring the great boat closer to the shore, landed, pitched our tent, and gave thanks to God for the merciful deliverance we had just experienced.  Indeed all our people most fervently joined in praise to Him for the preservation of our lives.  A warm dinner was soon prepared, by which we were much refreshed.