19- LAND EXCURSIONS [CHAP.IV. 



went to survey the harbour already mentioned, 

 which was subsequently named after him. It 

 proved to be too much exposed to the north to 

 afford the smallest shelter with a wind from that 

 quarter ; it was narrow also, and in the summer 

 months would rarely be accessible on account of 

 the ice, which, judging from last year, it may be 

 presumed is usually set against it. Mr. Gore 

 had been eight miles in the interior, and on his 

 way passed a lake two miles long ; the shortness 

 of the day would not permit him to extend his 

 excursion as he had felt inclined to do, if for no 

 other purpose than to reach the highest hill, 

 which, as usual to the inexperienced, the next 

 always promised to be. 



Mr. Fisher also, after being baffled in one 

 attempt, contrived on the second occasion 

 to reach the headland, thence called Cape 

 Fisher, and after traversing several steep hills 

 and crossing a frozen mountain stream, whose 

 mouth was two hundred paces across, he came 

 to a spot, whence the coast was descried in the 

 form of a bay trending S. E. by S., while in 

 the extreme distance the same officer, with the 

 aid of a telescope, saw what he considered to 

 be two islands stretching far out from the most 

 southern point. The interval between, as well 

 indeed as the whole space from the headland, 

 presented the novel appearance of a smooth 



