64 THE JEANNE'FTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



between west and south-southwest, where his view was 

 obstructed by a high range of mountains, which, however, 

 appeared to terminate the land in that direction. The inte- 

 rior was found to be entirely devoid of animal life and of 

 other plants than those growing near the coast. Two ridges 

 of mountains followed the trend of the northern and south- 

 ern shores, between which a rolling country existed, trav- 

 ersed by small streams, evidently fed by the melting snow 

 from the mountains. 



Master Waring was accompanied on his expedition by Dr. 

 Castillo and a crew of five seamen. He started off toward 

 the east with a breeze which sent him swiftly along under 

 reefed mainsail; but the wind soon died out, and he 

 encamped on shore for the night. After rounding Cape 

 Hawaii, the following morning, 28th, he pulled up to a small 

 island near the mouth of a creek, where were the skeletons 

 of a whale and walrus. "His attention was attracted by 

 some pieces of wood sticking up in the sand, evidently by 

 intention, and he then noticed footprints leading to the cliff 

 near by. Following them, he came upon a flag-staff, from 

 which drooped what appeared to be a United States flag, 

 and attached to the staff was a bottle containing documents 

 which had been left by the officers of the Cor win." 



After leaving copies of the originals, which were brought 

 away, Waring continued on, and in the afternoon " rounded 

 a point marked by a perpendicular column of rock about one 

 hundred feet high. Here heavy pack ice was encountered, 

 extending as far to the eastward as he could see. Near the 

 shore it was somewhat broken, and permitted his advance 

 through a narrow channel where only short paddles could be 

 used. At a quarter to six o'clock the ice drew so close that 

 he was compelled to haul up on the beach and encamp for 

 the night. The next day, 29th, the ice still held him, and, 

 accompanied by Dr. Castillo, he scrambled to the top of a hill 

 north of his camp, from which his eyes were rewarded by 

 observing the trend of the coast toward the west. This he 

 found to be the extreme northeast cape, and no land could 



