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themselves arrived from Greenland, having made 

 the return trip from Cape Morris Jesup, a distance of 

 270 miles, in eight marches, an average of 34 miles 

 per march. MacMillan reported that he got as far 

 as 84° 17' north of Cape Jesup, had made a sounding 

 which showed a depth of 90 fathoms, and had obtained 

 ten days' tidal observations. They brought in as 

 many of the skins and as much of the meat as the 

 sledges could carry of 52 musk-oxen which they had 

 killed. 



Early in June, Borup and MacMillan continued 

 their work; MacMillan making tidal observations at 

 Fort Conger; and Borup erecting at Cape Columbia 

 the monument which has been already described. 



MacMillan while taking tidal observations at Fort 

 Conger on Lady Franklin Bay, to connect our work at 

 Capes Sheridan, Columbia, Bryant, and Jesup with 

 the observation of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition 

 of 1881-83, found still some remains of the supplies 

 of the disastrous Greely expedition of 1881-84. They 

 included canned vegetables, potatoes, hominy, rhubarb, 

 pemmican, tea, and coffee. Strange to say, after the 

 lapse of a quarter of a century, many of these supplies 

 were still in good condition, and some of them were 

 eaten with relish by various members of our party. 



One of the finds was a text book which had belonged 

 to Lieutenant Kislingbury, who lost his life with the 

 Greely party. Upon its flyleaf it bore this inscription : 

 "To my dear father, from his affectionate son, Harry 

 Kislingbury. May God be with you and return 

 you safely to us." Greely 's old coat was also found 

 lying on the ground. This also was in good con- 



