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NOTES TO JUNE RECORD. 



4th. Started under steam at 5 1 '- 30™- A. M. ; west point of Great Dane Island (Narsak), north one 

 and a half mile ; 3 1 ' 30" 1 P. M., made fast to land ice in a bay on south side of Upcrnavik Island ; the 

 ice closed in and beset the ship. 



6th. Started under steam at 5 h - 50 m - A. M. ; at ld h - 20'"- made fast to a grounded berg in 25 fathoms, 

 half a mile west of a nigged island having a large cairn on the summit of its S. W. extreme; Bnchan 

 Island west three and a half or four miles. 



?th. Passed south of Bnchan Island, and close along its west side; at8 h -30 m -A. M. struck and 

 remained fast on a reef of rocks, tide falling; extremes of Buchan Island S. 30° W. and S. 18° E., 

 distant about one mile ; at l b - 30 m - P. M. low water. 



8th. A1 ll b - 40 m - A. M. observed a rock above water bearing from noon position S. 28° E. (true) 

 three miles; passed inside Horse's Head; 2 b - 40 m - passed another rock; Horse's Head S. 15° E ; 

 Cape Shackleton (North Bluff) N. 46° E. (true). 

 9th. Steamed at intervals for about three hours. 

 11th. Made fast one mile N. of the Duck Islands. 



12th. Tried to reach a lead close to Cape Wilcox but failed and returned ; new moon at 2 P. M., 

 high water at ll b - G m - A. M. ; rise 3 feet 8 inches; flood sets N. N. W., ebb sets S. S. E., about 2' an 

 hour between the islands. 



13th. At lu h 40 m - P. M. steamed to the northward, and made fast to laud ice; 4' N. * W. from 

 Eastern Duck Island. 



nth. 4 P. M. saw the Sabine Islands bearing N. E. (true), and distant seven miles. 

 18th. Passed through and steamed along the land ice. 



19th. Made fast at a nip ; four bears seen, many seals and birds ; 10 A. M., until 3 b - 30 ra - P. M., 

 under sail, working to westward ; unable to distinguish the laud ice from the loose ice. 

 22d. Advanced one mile to the N. W. ; progress impeded by nips. 

 23d. At 9 P. M. got through the nip and made sail to the N. W. ; three bears seen. 

 2tth. At 11 A. M. came up to a nip and made fast; about 500 little auks shot. 

 25th. Nip opened; proceeded under steam and sail ; two bears seen; at 4 h - 30 m - P. M. stopped at 

 a nip; 5' S. E. ofBushnan Island. 



26th. 7 1'. M. made fast to laud ice ; Cape York N. W. 4' ; 9 P. M. proceeded to the westward ; 

 shot a walrus. 



27th. Blowing strong and very thick ; 2 1 '- 15 m P. M. made fast to a floe ; when clear saw Conical 

 Island N. W. 18' or 20' ; offshore six miles. 



28th. Find this floe is held fast by grounded bergs near us; 42 fathoms; mud and stones; shot 

 rotchies; many rotchies' eggs picked up. 



29th. The ship in a large space of water; no lead visible ; considerable movement in the loose ice 

 caused by current and wind. 



30th. 8 A. M. tying to a floe three miles off shore. 



| The specific gravity of the surface water is copied from the fourth number of the Board of Trade 

 J'njiers.^ 



