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veins of copper ore. I got a specimen with two or three large 

 lumps of copper included. This is the first find of minerals 

 suggestive of the possibility of working. 



The next day we sighted a long, low ice wall, and took it 

 at first for a long glacier tongue stretching seaward from the 

 land. As we approached we saw a dark mark on it. Suddenly 

 it dawned on us that the tongue was detached from the land, and 

 we turned towards it half recognising familiar features. As we 

 got close we saw similarity to our old Erebus Glacier Tongue, 

 and finally caught sight of a flag on it, and suddenly realised that 

 it might be the piece broken off our old Erebus Glacier Tongue. 

 Sure enough it was; we camped near the outer end, and climbing 

 on to it soon found the depot of fodder left by Campbell and the 

 line of stakes planted to guide our ponies in the autumn. So here 

 firmly anchored was the huge piece broken from the Glacier 

 Tongue in March, a huge tract about 2 miles long, which has 

 turned through half a circle, so that the old western end is 

 now towards the east. Considering the many cracks in the ice 

 mass it is most astonishing that it should have remained intact 

 throughout its sea voyage. 



At one time it was suggested that the hut should be placed 

 on this Tongue. What an adventurous voyage the occupants 

 would have had! The Tongue which was 5 miles south of C. 

 Evans is now 40 miles W.N.W. of it. 



From the Glacier Tongue we still pushed north. We reached 

 Dunlop Island on the 24th just before the fog descended on us, 

 and got a view along the stretch of coast to the north which 

 turns at this point. 



Dunlop Island has undoubtedly been under the sea. We 

 found regular terrace beaches with rounded waterworn stones 

 all over it; its height is 65 feet. After visiting the island it was 

 easy for us to trace the same terrace formation on the coast; 

 in one place we found waterworn stones over 100 feet above 

 sea-level. Nearly all these stones are erratic and, unlike ordi- 

 nary beach pebbles, the under sides which lie buried have re- 

 mained angular. 



Unlike the region of the Ferrar Glacier and New Harbour, 

 the coast to the north of C. Bernacchi runs on in a succession 

 of rounded bays fringed with low ice walls. At the headlands 

 and in irregular spots the gneissic base rock and portions of 



