372 A NEW SOUND. 



Oosisoak ; another is his brave queen, Arkadik ; and 

 the third Nenook, the finest of Kahitunah's dogs. 

 Three others have come in since ; but four are yet 

 missing. I have sent out to seek them, without suc- 

 cess. I much fear that they will not have strength to 

 drag themselves on board. 



And so my journey ended. If it has had its disap- 

 pointments, it has had, too, its triumphs and successes. 

 It was unfortunate that I did not get the boat over 

 the Sound, together with a good supply of provisions; 

 but, failing in this, the failure of the foot-party was of 

 little moment. No amount of assistance could, with 

 sledges alone, have helped me further north ; or, if I 

 had got further, could have ever got me back again. 



June 8th. 



I have finished the plotting of my chart, and I find, 

 as I have already had occasion to observe, that the 

 coast-line from Cape Sabine to Cape Frazer differs 

 somewhat from that shown from my journey in 1854, 

 which was made under the embarrassments of partial 

 snow-blindness and a vapory atmosphere. The most 

 important feature in connection with this old survey 

 is the fact that the Sound opening westward from 

 Smith Sound, above Cape Sabine, formerly escaped 

 my observation. The existence of this Sound was 

 abundantly confirmed during my return journey ; 

 and my materials, now reduced and put on paper, 

 give me the correct conformation of the coast. The 

 Sound is somewhat wider than Smith Sound, narrow- 

 ing, however, steadily, from a broad entrance, some- 

 thing like Whale Sound. Whether it continues to 

 the westward, parallel with Jones and Lancaster 

 Sounds, separating the Ellesmere Land, of Ingle- 



