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cable and in a few minutes we were beached high 

 and solid with breakers and gravel washing over 

 our decks. From Cape Lyons to Clifton Point 

 the coastline is composed chiefly of low sloping 

 hills from the Melville Mountains to the coast. 

 There are numerous rocky points running out to 

 sea with small bays between. During our run 

 in the dark we had continually feared these dan 

 gerous points, but Divine Providence had cast 

 us ashore on the sand and gravel beach. Having 

 secured our boat to a one hundred gallon gasolene 

 cask sunk in the sand, we prepared to unload. 

 The reader will need no assurance from me that 

 we thoroughly enjoyed unloading a two-year outfit 

 in the pitch darkness on an unknown shore with 

 snow falling heavily and cold breakers drenching 

 us.&quot; 



&quot;As the ground was freezing, winter fast coming 

 on, we unanimously decided on the 16th of 

 September that our best course would be to pre 

 pare for wintering and arrange for the safety of 

 our boat. A house was planned after the Mac 

 kenzie native fashion, as follows : 



&quot;Four posts let in the ground, with cross pieces 

 joining the tops, these forming a square of six 

 feet by six feet high. 



&quot;Leaning posts at the four corners and mid 

 way to form sloping sides, the recesses inside to 

 accommodate the bunks from the ship. The 

 spaces between leaning posts filled in with small 

 split sticks laid on. 



&quot;A window laid flat on the flat box board roof. 



