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though the land was covered with clouds and fog, 

 and only the nearer portions visible. 



After this we had a fine travelling night, clear, cool 

 and calm, and came on to "Rainbow Hill," Cape 

 Alexandra, in eight hours. The new light snow made 

 fine snowshoeing, but was very heavy for the dogs and 

 sledges; and this heaviness was accentuated in the 

 series of rolling swells which are a feature of this pecu- 

 liar ice-foot (?) along here. These swells are on a 

 large scale, and reminded me very strongly of portions 

 of the ice-cap of Greenland. If they are not huge 

 drifts, I do not know how to account for them. Off 

 Ward Hunt Island and especially the western end, they 

 are particularly marked, and here they blend into 

 drifts formed in the lee of the island. 



We camped at Cape Alexandra on a patch of bare, 

 dry gravel near what seemed to be the site of a river. 

 As the tent was set up, two brant flew over. A fine 

 supper here of musk-ox steak, bacon, tea and biscuits, 

 after which I sent two men up the valley to look 

 for musk-ox, deer and hare. During this march a man 

 without snowshoes would go in about knee deep. 



My two men returned before noon with three hare, 

 all small and with very long ears. It occurred to me 

 this might be a new species or variety. The head of 

 one was turning brown. One female contained five 

 young, ready for delivery. 



My men saw twelve hare in all. They also saw the 

 tracks of a large bull musk-ox, made before the recent 

 snowfall, going east, and the antlers of a deer. 



A fine, warm, sunny day enabled us to dry out our 

 clothing and gear, all wet from the recent snowfall. 



