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* Beyond them I saw no land, and as I watched for 

 over three hours, during portions of which time I had 

 good views through the fleeting mist, I am inclined to 

 believe that no land trends to the northward, at all 

 events for a considerable distance. 



' October 1st. — Temperature inside the tent 20° ; 

 snowing heavily in the morning. Abont 8.30 a.m. it 

 partially cleared. The bag of biscuit and the remain- 

 der of our luncheon bacon had been left outside the 

 sledge trough by mistake, and on going out of the tent 

 at 5 o'clock, I had the mortification of seeing that the 

 dogs had eaten all. Fortunately we had the provisions 

 for the day in the luncheon haversack, and the depot 

 I had left on the lake I knew I could reach in two days. 

 But I was obliged to give up a plan I had intended 

 carrying out of going right round by the coast-line, 

 and endeavouring to determine the depth of the 

 different bays, &c, with more accuracy than can be 

 expected when taking short cuts amid heavy hummocks. 

 At about 1.30 p.m., I heard, " one, two, three, haul ! " 

 and I knew I was somewhere in the vicinity of 

 Commander Markham and his party. From the top 

 of a hummock I found them about a mile distant, 

 making standing pulls across very bad ice, in the direc- 

 tion of View Point. Having attracted their attention, 

 we altered course towards one another and communi- 

 cated. The route by which I had come being easier 

 than that which they were taking, was adopted by them, 

 but long after we had parted, the " one, two, three, 

 haul ! " showed me that they had not got through the 

 short distance of bad ice previous to getting on to the 

 ice-foot south of View Point, Commander Markham 



