212 SNOW-BLINDNESS. Chap. XIII. 



Cape Garry he describes as a gradually curved extent of flat 

 land, and not the decided cape it appears to be upon the 

 chart ; two reindeer were seen near it, and during the 

 journey four bears ; no other animals were met with. His 

 labour has been very severe ; one sledge broke down and all 

 the sugar had to be piled upon the other : the consequence 

 was that the sledge was so heavily loaded that it would only 

 run freely after the dogs on smooth ice ; and directly any 

 hummocks were encountered, the dogs, with their usual 

 instinct, not to drag a sledge unless it does run freely, would 

 lie down, and oblige Captain Young and his two men to 

 unload and carry the packages, over the obstacle, upon their 

 own backs. After this, snow-blindness came on ; Young 

 and one «of his men became blind as kittens ; and the third 

 man had to load, lead, and unload them, when these 

 portages occurred. Young's Esquimaux dog-driver, Samuel, 

 was quite blind when the party reached the ship. Two 

 dogs, not choosing to allow themselves to be caught and put 

 in harness, had been left behind at the last encampment. 



This sugar formed part of the stores of H.M.S. ' Fury,' 

 and was landed in 1825, when that ship was driven on shore 

 and destroyed by the ice ; there still remains at Fury Beach 

 an immense stack of preserved vegetables and soups ; the 

 party supped off them and found them good. Young 

 brought me back two specimen tins of " carrots plain " and 

 " carrots and gravy." All small casks and packages were 

 covered with snow; of the large ones which appeared 

 through it, he saw thirty-four casks of flour, five of split 

 peas, five of tobacco, and four of sugar. Only a very few 

 tons of coals remained. There were two boats, a short four- 

 oared gig and a large cutter ; the former required nothing 

 but caulking to make her serviceable, but the latter had a 

 large portion of one bow and side cut out, as if for making, 

 or repairing, flat sledges. No record was found. 



