326 STORM-STAYED. 



The coast of Grinnell Land is clearly somewhat fur- 

 ther north than I then placed it ; for we are by my 

 observation and reckoning, within ten miles of the 

 shore, if the map is correct. The two bold capes to 

 which Dr. Kane applied the names Bache and Henry 

 (the Victoria Head and Cape Albert, of Captain Ingle- 

 field) appear to be large islands, in the mouth of a 

 sound from thirty to forty miles wide. I reserve 

 further judgment for further observation. 



Two very conspicuous headlands appear upon the 

 coast : one, lying almost due north, stands out with a 

 dark front, presenting a mural face at least 1500 feet 

 high. On my former journey I gave to it the name 

 of Louis Napoleon, in honor of the remarkable man 

 who, as Emperor of France, was then first beginning 

 to exhibit to the world the greatness of his powers. 

 It stands on the north side of a very conspicuous bay. 

 More directly in our course and nearer to us is the other 

 bold cape, to which Dr. Kane, on my return from the 

 survey of this coast, appended my own name ; but, 

 since there was some confusion in the maps after- 

 ward between the names Hawks and Hayes, I have 

 discarded the latter ; and this immense rock, to which 

 Gibraltar is a pigmy, will hereafter bear the name of 

 Cape Hawks. The whole coast before us is very bold, 

 and the mountain-peaks loom up loftily. 



May 2d. 



Storm-stayed in the camp of yesterday, and miser- 

 able enough. We came back in the morning for an- 

 other load, and, when ready to return, it was blowing 

 and drifting so hard from the north that we could not 

 face it, and so were forced to seek shelter. The rest 

 is much needed by the dogs, and this is my only sat- 

 isfaction. Our camp fixtures were all left in the 



