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complaints, and yet we had no luxuries, no extra food. 

 I notice that the outward heavy journey took fifty-six 

 days, and the return, light, thirty-five days ; total, ninety- 

 six days. All evidently much the worse for wear. 



On the 14th of June he discovers, at Point King, one 

 of Dr. Bradford's cairns, and finds his latitude to agree 

 nearly with that determined by that officer, but, he ob- 

 serves, " the chart is constructed nearly twenty miles at 

 variance with this latitude. This coast is remarkably 

 straight, being a series of very shallow bays or indenta- 

 tions, with the land extending some distance off them -. 

 occasionally watercourses from the inland ranges. The 

 cairn had entirely mouldered away." Here they fell 

 in with a bear, which was fired at within thirty-five 

 yards, hit in the chest, charged, shot in fore and hind 

 quarters, and fell, but before they reloaded he regained 

 his legs, took his departure, and escaped. It was seen 

 to fall at some distance, but was considered too lean for 

 fuel, and therefore not pursued further. 



On the 15th they killed a fine buck, the Sergeant hit- 

 ting him in the windpipe at seventy yards. Although 

 Sergeant of Marines here, he is an old campaigner in the 

 Indian wars, being a non-commissioned officer at the 

 Kyber Pass, and other similar amusements. 



On the 16th of June he reached Dr. Bradford's fur- 

 thest, where he found the cairn, constructed of stone, 

 quite perfect. The latitude of this position is 75 56' N. 



The entire journal is occasionally enriched with the 

 natural dry humour of my friend Richards. As it will 

 doubtless contribute to the customary Blue-book, I shall 

 be cautious in my extracts, so as not to rob it entirely of 



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