CONTENTS. Xlii 



CHAPTEE IX. 



PAGE 



Rise of Temperature. A Bear shot. Termination of Darkness. 

 Ke-appearance of the Sun. Death of a Marine. Cold Period 

 of March. Table of Temperatures. A She-Bear and her Cubs. 



Sledges inspected. Feet Wrappers. Departure of the 

 Sledges. Beacons. Cairns. Parhelia. Inland Excursion. 

 Wavy lee. Cooking Apparatus. Lamps. Return of Depot 

 Division .... 211 



CHAPTER X. 



The Cairn. Anticipations. South-west Expedition. Tidal Mo- 

 tions. Return of Mr. Loney. Dog Killed. Letters from 

 Pulleii. North-east Expedition . Tent Arrangements . A 

 Cold Bath. The First Depot. A Wolf. Princess Royal Is- 

 land. Tidal Rents. Snow Blindness. Mount Parker. A 

 Whale. Hamilton Depot . 240 



CHAPTER XI. 



Inconvenient elevation. Cape Disraeli. Imbedded Whale. 

 Departure of Mr. Allard. Determination of speed. Strait 

 discovered. Progress arrested by the Pack. Snow Crystals. 

 Discover open water. Overland march. Progress barred. 

 Fossil Station. Deep Soundings. Pack Ice. A hollow Cairn. 



Cape Disappointment. Wellington Channel. Apparent 

 Graves. Pitch Mount. Bears 264 



CHAPTER XII. 



Hamilton Depot. Mount Parker. Patches of Water. Musk- 

 oxen. Dr. Lyall and Mr. Allard rejoin. Preparations for 

 -carcli Northwards. Lost Dog. Freaks of Refraction. West- 

 rrii Island. Ett'ect of Sun's Heat. Buckingham Island. Seal- 

 holes. Bear-hunt. Recovery of Sledge. Watercourses. 

 Rounded Pebbles. Surface Disturbances. Cape Ogle. 

 Water-fowl. Lemmings. Star Bluff. Return to the Ship . 297 



CHAPTER XIII. 



( >|irii Water. Despatch from Richards. Notice left by M'Clure. 

 Stores covered with Snow. Brewing. Mustard and Cress. 



