chap, xvin EKMAN BAY 243 



On the western sea-front of the glacier, and some 200 

 yards removed from it, is a small island on which I landed. 

 This island is part of a moraine. It was evidently in a 

 state of movement, but from what agency was not so clear, 

 though it seemed to be subject to some pushing pressure 

 below the water. 



Upon our Admiralty chart a large island is marked to 

 the north of Ekman Bay, but for this I looked in vain, for 

 reasons which shall presently appear. 



We had a very long and hard pull back with the heavy 

 boat in the teeth of the wind. 



July 17. Wind SE. Bar. 29.50. — During the whole of 

 this day we had a strong wind with a cold driving rain, 

 which made it difficult to do very much, though I collected 

 many plants and geological specimens. I also walked round 

 the eastern shore of the Flower-Garden, and inspected the 

 entrance to Dickson Bay, which was clearer of ice than 

 before. 



July 18. Wind SE. Bar. 29.15. — Nothing could well be 

 worse than the weather. It rained and blew a gale all day 

 and was very cold. 



July 19. Wind E. to S. Bar. 29.30. — The weather had 

 cleared ; it was sunny and still, and for the first time since 

 our arrival we could see Cape Boheman and the other points 

 and glaciers just across the bay. 



I was under way early in the morning to explore Dickson 

 Bay, leaving Conway with firewood and provisions for a 

 week, and taking Pedersen with me in the whale-boat. After 

 four hours of working through the ice-floes we came into 

 clear water, and a breeze springing up, we set sail. The 

 entrance to the bay and its lower end were clear of ice. 



I landed first at the promontory called Cape Smith. 

 This promontory is fringed by a high beach considerably 

 above the level of the adjacent land. It was thick in drift- 



