420 POINT RICHARDSON. 



bordered on the west by low alluvial land, which 

 stretched out from the foot of a blue range of 

 mountains coming from the south and termi- 

 nating at the extreme distance in a bluff. 



Parallel to these on the right, and forming the 

 east side, was the extensive tract of high land, of 

 which the north-western angle was opposite the 

 encampment : but the elevation of this latter range 

 gradually decreased as it bent to the north ; and, 

 except in those parts where there were isolated 

 rocks with large stones on them, the space be- 

 yond was so low, that with a telescope a white 

 fog could be plainly descried hanging over a 

 glittering line of ice at the farthest limit of vision 

 to the north. That western extreme I named 

 after my esteemed friend and former companion 

 Dr. Richardson, R. N., many of whose opinions 

 respecting the Thlew-ee-choh and its conflu- 

 ence with the sea have proved to be singularly 

 correct. The southern point, near Mount Bar- 

 row, was honoured with the name of Admiral 

 Sir Thomas Hardy. A little drift-wood was 

 picked up, but no other kind of fuel could 

 be found, though two deer were seen trotting 

 over the ground, possibly in search of food. 



August 13th. — The morning set in with rain, 

 for which custom had now taught us to look as a 

 thing of course ; but a faint hope was excited by 

 the view of a narrow lane of water, which had 



