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out for three miles 

 from the land on 

 the western shore 

 of Kennedy Chan- 

 nel. After an in- 

 effectual attempt to 

 reach a small bay 

 south of Cape De- 

 fosse, the ice-streams 

 being heavy and 

 moving quickly to 

 the northward with 

 the southerly wind 

 and ebb-tide, I 

 steered for Cape 

 Morton to see 

 whether there were 

 a lead to the north- 

 ward on that side 

 of the channel. For- 

 tunately as it turned 

 out afterwards, the 

 entrance to Peter- 

 mann Fiord was 

 completely closed. 

 Being thus debarred 

 from advancing 

 along the eastern 

 coast, I left the 

 ' Discovery ' to land 

 a travelling depot 

 of 240 rations at 



