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The work of hunting walrus and assembling my 

 party of natives was commenced at once, the Whidward 

 soon joined us, after which the hunting was prosecuted 

 by both ships until the final rendezvous at Etah, 

 whence both ships steamed out on Saturday, August 

 13th, the Windward to continue northward, the 

 Hope bound for home. The Windward was four 

 hours forcing her way through a narrow barrier 

 of heavy ice across the mouth of Foulke Fiord. 

 Here the Hope left us, straightening away south- 

 ward toward Cape Alexander, and the Windward 

 headed for Cape Hawkes, showing distinctly beyond 

 Cape Sabine. 



At 4 A. M. Sundav we encountered scattered ice 

 off Cape Albert. About noon we were caught in the 

 ice near Victoria Head, and drifted back several 

 miles. Finally we got round Victoria Head into 

 Princess Marie Bay at 6 p. m. The bay was filled 

 with the season's ice, not yet broken out, while Kane 

 Basin was crowded with the heavy, moving polar pack. 

 Between the two, extending northward across the 

 mouth of the bay, was a series of small pools and 

 threads of water, opening and closing with the move- 

 ments of the tide. At 1 1 130 p. m. of the 1 8th the Wind- 

 ward had worried her way across the bay to a little 

 patch of open water close under Cape D'Urville. 

 Here further progress was stopped by a large floe, 

 several miles across, one end resting against the shore, 

 the other extending into the heavy ice. While crossing 

 the bay the more important stores had been stowed 

 on the deck in readiness to be thrown out upon the ice 

 in the event of a nip. Pending the turning of the tide, 



