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nary watercourses were here remarked, some of a vertical 

 depth of one hundred feet. He observes : " This hill is 

 about six hundred feet high, and is cut up in an extraor- 

 dinary manner by watercourses, a hundred feet or more 

 in perpendicular depth, running in every direction. The 

 lower land is sandstone ; on the summit are large masses 

 of lime, and, I think, some granite. Mica (at least so I 

 take it to be) is very abundant in the cliffs which are 

 bared by the melting of the snows. The surface soil is 

 covered with a red and green-coloured earth, resembling 

 the dust of copper ore." (Pray number the intervening 

 series between the shell-bearing limestones and granite !) 

 It is not for me to dispute these records ; all have been 

 told of their mistakes, but they determine to adhere to 

 their adopted theories. The specimens are selenite. 



Proceeding a short distance further, he deposits five 

 days' depot, for his return ; blanket-cover, and speci- 

 mens, to lighten their weight. 



Completing his sledge to forty days from the ' John 

 Barrow,' they move forward, parting with his last com- 

 missariat, and directing him to examine the unexplored 

 gaps left by his necessarily rapid advance, as well as the 

 coast up to Marshall and Goodsir's furthest. 



He was now alone, and, as he observes, "The 'Sir Ed- 

 ward ' moved on in search of new discoveries ; we were 

 full of hope, although as yet no trace of the missing 

 Expedition had been discovered. We had examined 

 three hundred miles of new coast, and were good for 

 two hundred more ; the people were in good health and 

 spirits, though it must be confessed somewhat lower in 

 bodily strength than when they left the ship (?), and we 



