[15] Captain Parry found considerable advantage from raising a wall of snow round the ship, in its winter station.
[16] The theatrical amusements, which were introduced during the stay of the Fury and Hecla at Melvile Island, are well known.
[17] Alluding to the following lines of Mr. Wordsworth:—
——"Pleasure is spread throughout the earth,
In stray gifts, to be claim'd by whoever shall find."
[18] The beautiful effect of these Arctic Oases is described in the account of Captain Parry's second voyage.
[19] See the speech attributed by Socrates to Diotima in the Banquet of Plato.
[20] Sir Martin Frobisher, who in 1577 anchored on the Western coast of Greenland, reported that in that country "the stones be altogether sparkled, and glister in the sun like gold."
[21] Hudson.
[22] Baron Wrangle.