CHAPTER XXXVn. 



LEAVING PORT FOULKE. — EFFORT TO REACH CAPE ISABELLA. — MEET THE 

 PACK AND TAKE SHELTER AT LITTLETON ISLAND. — HUNTING. — ABUN- 

 DANCE OF BIRDS AND WALRUS. — VISIT TO CAIRN POINT. — REACHING THE 

 WEST COAST. — VIEW FROM CAPE ISABELLA. — PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.— 

 OUR RESULTS. — CHANCES OF REACHING THE POLAR SEA DISCUSSED. — THE 

 GLACIERS OF ELLESMERE LAND. 



The schooner glided gently out to sea, but the wind 

 soon died away and the current carried us down into 

 the lower bay, where we moored to a berg, and I went 

 ashore and got some good photographs of Little Ju- 

 lia's Glen and Fall, Sonntag's Monument, Crystal Pal- 

 ace Glacier, and Cape Alexander. 



Although doubtful as to the prospect ahead, I was 

 determined not to quit the field without making an- 

 other attempt to reach the west coast and endeavor to 

 obtain some further information that might be of ser- 

 vice to me in the future. I had still a vague hope that, 

 even with my crippled vessel, some such good prospect 

 might open before me as would justify me in remain- 

 ing. Accordingly, as soon as the wind came, we cast 

 off from the friendly berg, and held once more for 

 Cape Isabella. The wind rose to a fresh breeze as we 

 crawled away from the land, and the schooner, as if 

 rejoiced at her newly acquired freedom, bounded over 

 the waters with her old swiftness. But, unhappily, a 

 heavy pack lay in our course, through which, had the 

 schooner been strong, a passage might have been 

 forced ; but as it could not be done without frequent 



