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Dr. Kane resolved to undertake one more expedi- 

 tion for the purpose of exploring the farther shores 

 beyond Kennedy Channel. This purpose was only to 

 be accomplished by sledges drawn by dogs; and these 

 were now obtained from the Esquimaux who dwelt 

 at Etah. After journeying for fifty miles in this 

 direction, the obstacles presented by the perils and 

 irregularities of the ice were found to be insur- 

 mountable ; and the party returned to the brig, after 

 making the entire circuit of Dallas Bay, and of the 

 islands which group themselves between Advance 

 Bay and the base of the Great Humboldt Glacier. 



And now the preparations for their return were 

 resumed. The manufacture of clothing was a pro- 

 minent part of this work. Boots made of carpet- 

 ing, with soles of walrus-hide, body-clothing made 

 out of blankets, sleeping-sacks constructed from 

 buffalo robes, provision-bags rendered water-tight 

 by tar and pitch, these constituted a portion of the 

 labor of the men. The ship-bread was pounded 

 into powder and pressed into bags. Pork-fat was 

 melted down, and then poured into other bags, in 

 order to be frozen. Bean-soup was cooked and 

 moulded in the same manner. The largest of the 

 three boats which the party were to use in their 

 return, was twenty-six feet long and seven feet 

 beam. Each boat carried but one mast. The names 



