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and provisions were missing, I landed, and found that 

 no trace remained of these but a portion of the head of 

 one of them, and some broken preserved meat-tins. 

 The coals, too, had been either carried away by the 

 Esquimaux or the ice, there being only twenty-one bags. 

 A little after ten we rounded Cape Castlereagh, and 

 soon found the remains of the North Star's depot. 

 Anchoring in five fathoms, we lashed the Talbot along- 

 side, and on landing I found that this spot had also 

 been visited by the Esquimaux. They had not only 

 plundered it of all that was useful to them, but had 

 showed a reckless wantonness in the destruction of 

 every remaining article. 



" Of the six hundred and eight casks and cases that 

 were landed by Mr. Saunders, only one hundred and 

 fourteen remained ; and each had been stove for the 

 examination of their contents, which consisted of flour, 

 peas, Scotch barley, oat-meal, and tobacco. Finding 

 the flour on?y partially destroyed in each cask, I deter- 

 mined on embarking all that still remained ; and the 

 whole was shipped off to the Phoenix, with ten tons of 

 patent fuel, which latter I did not hesitate to embark, 

 as Sir Edward Belcher had sent a vessel two years before 

 to examine this depot, and directed her commander to 

 take the whole of the coal from the neighboring point. 7 ' 



From this point, the Phoenix and Talbot sailed to 

 Cape Warrender, at which place they were very nearly 

 lost. Captain Inglefield went ashore to examine a cairn 

 that he had erected there the previous year. Returning 

 on board, he found a strong westerly breeze with ebb- 

 tide, which prevented much headway being made ; so 

 they returned to seek anchorage for the night in Dundas 

 Harbor. "Unfortunately," says Inglefield, "when pick- 

 ing up a berth, we struck soundings in fifteen fathoms, 

 and, immediately after three, both ships grounded on a 



