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NOTES TO JUNE RECORD. 



2d. A bunting seen. 



3d. Some gulls, a bunting, and a raven seen ; black bulb thermometer in sun's rays, 93° in maximo. 



4th. Some geese, gulls, and bunting seen ; a bear came near the ship ; a fox shot alongside. 



5th. Some bunting and a gull seen ; some small pools of water to eastward of Fox Island, in the 

 course of current of straits; several pools of water to E. N. E. and N. E. in Regent's Inlet. 



6th. Measured height of mountain ahead of harbor — 1120 feet (aneroid) ; a small cairn on top. 



7th. Captain Young returned on board; a raven, several ducks, and bunting seen; three reindeer 

 crossing the ice to northward ; remainder of Captain Young's party returned. 



9th. A deer, a hare, and a fox seen ; also some buntings and sandpipers. 



10th. A deer, some gulls, buntings, and sandpiper seen; some buntings and sandpiper shot ; Captain 

 Young and party left the ship. 



11th. Several buntings and gulls soon. 



12th. Two sandpipers shot. 



13th. First plant in flower (Saxifraga oppositi folia) ; a fox caught, and some buntings shot ; a deer, 

 a hare, some geese, gulls, and duck seen ; ice formed since Oct. 3, 4 feet 6 inches. 



14th. Lieut. Hobson and party returned on board, bringing documents and relics of Franklin's 

 expedition from west side of King William's Land ; some duck and sandpipers seen. 



15th. Maximum, black bulb thermometer in sun's rays, 9G°.5 ; three sandpipers shot; some gulls 

 seen. 



16th. Two long-tailed ducks and two sandpipers shot; some ducks and gulls seen. 



llth. Many ducks and gulls seen, also one seal ; one king and two long-tailed ducks shot. 



18th. Several ducks and one seal seen. 



19th. Captain McClintock and party returned on board, bringing relics of Franklin's expedition 

 obtained from natives on east coast of King William's Land, and picked up on Montreal Island and 

 >inith shore of King William's Land ; a bear, seal, and some duck seen. 



