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1861 July 27th Sat.

Hull of the "Rescue" had disappeared.  The place where she has laid on the shore of the Island (Cooper's) since being a wreck is within a short distance of the "George Henry" & in full view.
On going on to "Whale Island, however, we saw that the "Rescue" had floated off with the tide = had got into the narrow channel of open water that now surrounds Cooper Island.  The ice leaving this channel open was set off from the shore of the Island yesterday.
Capt. B. attributes in a large degree his ill success on this voyage to taking along with him as tender that vessel from Home.  He declares she never has been anything but a drawback since she was built & that she has come near being the cause of numbers of lives being lost - that on the voyage under Dr Haven in search of Sir John Franklin Dr. Haven when on board the McLelland said
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Well, but others may honestly differ from his opinion of her work in the past.  (The "Rescue" seems yet to live -

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1861 July 27 Sat.

she has completely navigated herself around Cooper's Island since early this Morning.  She sweeps around slowly - & I was about to say prettily.  Yes, I will have it so, for the [[underlined]] memory [[/underlined]] that she was once engaged in a noble service that she was from the hand of as noble a soul as "breathes the breath of life", that her present movement is calm, [[strikethrough]] still & [[/strikethrough]] slow & majestic through the thick ribbed ice about her, tho' robbed of all her upper works, [[underlined]] makes [[/underlined]] me still almost worship her.)
To-night exciting times.  At 8 o'clock it began to breeze up from W & W.N.W.  Soon the ice around the vessel began to moan - following this the ice extending from Cooper's Island across the harbor, Northward began to move toward us.  All had retired but Capt. B. & myself.  All hands were called & called quickly.  The ice wheeled around - with its South end coming directly toward the vessel.  It struck the cable - strained it till its metal