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field, from the Grinnell Land of my former explora- 

 tion, of course, remains to be proven ; but, that such 

 is the fact, I have no doubt. 



I give to this Sound the name of my vessel. The 

 first conspicuous Cape which appears on its south side 

 I name Cape Seward, and the most remote point of 

 visible land lying beyond it. Cape Yiele. The three 

 last conspicuous Capes on the north side I name as 

 follows : the most westerly. Cape Baker ; that next to 

 it, Cape Sawyer; and the third. Cape Stetson. The 

 apparently deep indentations of the coast which lie 

 between these bold headlands are designated as Joy 

 Bay and Peabody Bay. The two large islands lying 

 in the mouth of the Sound I have distinguished as 

 Bache Island and Henry Island. Eastward of Cape 

 Stetson I have applied such names as seemed to me 

 appropriate to distinguish the prominent landmarks ; 

 but it is unnecessary to mention them here, as the 

 map tells its own story. In those parts of the coast 

 which were plotted by Dr. Kane from my old survey, 

 I have endeavored to adhere, as far as practicable, to 

 his nomenclature ; and such parts of the shores of 

 Kennedy Channel as were seen by Morton alone, I 

 have, for the most part, simply applied Dr. Kane's 

 names, without inquiring very particularly as to their 

 corresponding places on the two maps. I think this 

 course, in the main, preferable to that somewhat con- 

 fusing system which deprived Captain Inglefield of 

 the benefits of his survey of Smith Sound ; and I 

 have, besides, the additional satisfaction of joining Dr. 

 Kane in paying respect to many distinguished men 

 of science, dead and living, and among them to none 

 that contribute more gratification than that of M. de 

 la Roquette, Vice-President of the Geographical Soci- 



