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land, beliiiid which stretched a rather large bay ; here we 

 found, to our astonishment, some brown coal, some of 

 which we collected for a fire. We soon came upon a 

 family of UTusk-oxen, which all fled at our approach, 

 except a calf, which we caught. We were, however, a 

 long way from the ship, and its loud and unceasing 

 bellowing put us in some danger, so we were forced to 

 kill it, preserving only the skin and head for the zoolo- 

 gical collection. 



We mounted the most easterly of two hills forming 

 the greatest projecting point of the peninsula. The 

 whole summit is composed of plates of a dark kind of 

 marble chalk-stone, which answered our purpose beauti- 

 fully, and after four hours' hard work w^e had the pleasure 

 of seeing a cairn two yards and a half high, and a base 

 of at least two yards in diameter. Under its protection 

 we had a short sleep and refreshment of water, black- 

 bread, pemmican, and ham, which tasted excellent. We 

 then continued our journey, and, after an absence of 

 tw^enty-five hours, reached the tent, where our comrades 

 were sleeping, at half-past seven p.m. on the 27th. 



About noon on the following day we climbed the 

 mountain for the third and last time, and were received 

 by such a violent west wind that it was impossible to put 

 up our instruments. 



We retraced our steps through the ravine, but what a 

 change ! Spring had indeed come with might. Where 

 forty-eight hours before not a drink of water could be had 

 without a fire, and where twenty-four hours before we 

 could hear a low gurgling deep under the snow, were now 

 countless rills of crystal water and a foaming, rushing 

 torrent. But we were indeed astonished upon reaching 



