HENRIETTA ISLAND. 



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traveled to within ten miles, but that the lowest possible 

 estimate was eighteen, and the highest twenty-eight miles* 

 Yon see, his journey back was on a different route, because 

 the ship had drifted and had approached the island in the 

 meantime. He gave me every detail of his trip with great 

 minuteness. The island was bold and rocky, with a small 

 number of birds, principally guillemots, and very little deer- 

 moss on the place where he landed. But, of course, we do 

 not know the possibilities of the extensive region to the 

 southwest of the landing-point. 



AECTIC GLACIER. 



The island was covered witli an ice and snow cap, and 

 the immense glacier near the landing-place was gigantic 

 and magnificent. I think Melville got eighteen fathoms 

 close to the island. No seal or walrus were seen, and no 

 traces of bears on the island. No driftwood was seen. 



