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CHAPTER XII. 



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

 Dr. Lyall and Mr. AUard rejoin. Preparations for search North- 

 wards. Lost Dog. Freaks of Refraction. Western Island. Effeet 

 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. 



June 3. THIS being our third visit to this station, it 

 afforded a good rating position for the chronometers, 

 and served to secure all our operations easterly : it had 

 also the advantage of being further tested by a complete 

 chain of triangulation, carried through Arthur's Strait 

 and into connection with our first position at Cape Ho- 

 garth. Quitting this about 6.30 P.M., we pushed for- 

 ward towards the Hamilton Depot, in order to pick up 

 the boat and rejoin our reinforcement at Princess Royal 

 Island. About midnight we reached the boat, lunched, 

 took out our provision and boat, rebuilt the pile, and 

 moved forward, clogged a little by the additional labour 

 required for the ' Hamilton,' but succeeded notwithstand- 

 ing in gaining our old quarters, under Cape Parker, by 

 seven A.M. This distance, from the fact of knowing the 

 best road, and being altogether in better travelling disci- 



