University Library, Cambridge,
April 7, 1817.
LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.
[Map of the Great Nelson River, from the Great Lake Winnepeg to the Gull Lake; shewing the different Portages, Falls, and Rapids: by Mr. William Hillier, Master in the Royal Navy] facing Title-page. [View of the Rosamond passing to windward of an Iceberg] P. 1 [Cape Saddle Back, north 7 or 8 miles: with two remarkable Icebergs off the low point] 55 [Male Esquimaux, in his Canoe] ib. [An Esquimaux Hut] 75 [Sledge drawn by Dogs, used by European Traders at Hudson’s Bay, and on the Southern Coast of Labrador] 106 [Bark Canoe of the Cree Indians in Hudson’s Bay] ib. [Appearance of the Entrance of Prince of Wales’s Sound, bearing S. W. ½ W. about nine leagues;—taken August 17, 1814] 133 [The Rosamond grappled among close Ice] ib. [Interior of a Wigwam of the Cree Indians] 211
VIEW of the ROSAMOND, passing to windward of an ICEBERG.
NARRATIVE,
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On the 14th day of May, 1814, Captain Campbell received orders to repair, without delay, to Hoseley Bay, on the coast of Suffolk; and there to wait for his final directions from the Admiralty.
The Rosamond, at this time, had been lying about a fortnight at Spithead, perfectly ready for sea; and it was conjectured that America would have been the place of her destination: of course, many among us were big with the hopes of fame, and many with the expectation of fortune. When the above-mentioned orders arrived, however, all chance of our proceeding to the seat of war appeared at an end: yet we consoled ourselves with the reflection, that we should doubtless be employed on the coast of Norway; as the whole of that kingdom had been declared in a state of blockade, in consequence of the Norwegians refusing to accede to the Treaty of Keil, by which their country was to be annexed for ever to the dominion of Sweden. Accordingly, we sailed from Spithead.
May 15th.—We had light winds all this day. As we passed out of Spithead, through St. Helen’s, we observed His Majesty’s ship Adamant, and an East-India ship, going in. About nine in the evening: we passed close to the Owers Light.