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an account of his finding the cairn erected by Hall on 

 his last journey, and refers to the condition of the boats 

 and stores left at the boat-camp. 



' The point of Newman Bay which I had reached, 

 after crossing the land from Eepulse Harbour, proved 

 to be about five miles to the eastward of Cape Brevoort ; 

 therefore, after coasting about two miles to the west- 

 ward, I came to the position of Captain Hall's cairn. 

 Here I found the record in a good state of preserva- 

 tion, buried ten feet east (true) of a stone at the 

 margin of the cairn on which was cut " 10 FEET E." 

 Having taken the original document and deposited in 

 its stead an accurate copy, accompanied by a brief 

 account of my past and projected movements, I pro- 

 ceeded across the mouth of Newman Bay towards 

 the boat-cam]). The latter I found situated, as ex- 

 pected, about one and-a-half miles from Cape Sumner, 

 but only five and-a-half miles from Hall's cairn. We 

 camped on the floe about a quarter-of-a-mile from 

 the site of the tent and boats. Although our stay 

 extended over forty hours, Ave were most of the time 

 confined to our tents by a gale from the southward, 

 and consequently unable to make a very complete 

 examination of the American stores. One tent we 

 found near the mouth of a ravine, collapsed, frozen to 

 the ground, and partially covered with snow. The 

 whale-boat lay bottom upwards on a fiat piece of land 

 about a hundred yards from the beach, lashed down to 

 heavy stones and frozen in by mud ; while the canvas 

 boat was with difficulty discovered, buried in snow, 

 and lying about eighty yards from the whale-boat and 

 two hundred from the tent. The whale-boat was 

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