TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS. BOS 
mouth, for it runs nearly east and west. The two 
capes that form the entrance of it are, I under- 
stand, to be called Cape Beechey, and Cape Hopp- 
ner, after the two officers of these names belong- 
ing to the expedition. The distance between 
these capes and the island was estimated to be from 
six to seven leagues, and the average breadth of 
the gulf beyond the island to the westward, be- 
tween four and five leagues. ‘The gulf itself is to 
be named Liddon’s Gulf, in compliment to the 
commander of the Griper; and a bold promontory 
on the north side of it is to be called Cape Kd- 
wards, after the principal medical officer of the 
expedition ; and the island is to be named Hooper’s 
Island, after the officer of that name belonging to 
the Hecla. In speaking of the mineralogy of 
Hooper’s Island, I omitted to mention that we 
found several pieces of crystallised carbonate of 
lime on it, small pieces of quartz and felspar were 
also met with, and it is probable that if we had 
time to examine it more minutely, we should meet 
with many other varieties. Nor is it in minerals 
only, that it promised to be an interesting place ; 
it seemed to be a great resort for birds, as we 
saw several ptarmigans on it, and a great many of 
the geese so often mentioned in the course of our 
journey, were swimming on the pools of water that - 
lay off it. Of these birds we managed to shoot four 
during our stay, and found them to be brent geese 
(Anas Bernicla, Lin.) ‘They weighed about four 
pounds each, at least that was the weight of the 
first one that we shot, and the rest appeared to be 
about the same size. The latitude of the place where 
