CONTENTS. 

 CHAPTER I. 



VOYAGE TO THE BAY. 



Page. 



Introductory Preparations The Neptune The Crew Coast of Labra- 

 dorPort Burwell Cumberland Gulf Hudson Strait Walrus 

 Hunting Hudson Bay West Coast of Hudson Bay Chesterfield 

 Inlet Arrival at Fullerton 1 



CHAPTER II. 



WINTER QUARTERS AT FULLERTON. 



Fullerton Harbour Preparations for Winter Natives Amusement and 

 Work Spring Explorations Mr. Caldwell's Trip to Wager Inlet 

 Surveys about Fullerton Exploration of Coast to Chesterfield Inlet 

 Trip in Whaleboats to Southampton Island 25 



CHAPTER III. 



SUMMER CRUISE OF THE NEPTUNE. 



Fisher Strait Ice in Hudson Strait Supply Ship at Port Burwell 

 Voyage North North Greenland Coast Parker Snow Bay Smith 

 Sound Crossing to Cape Sabine Peary's Headquarters Neptune on 

 the Rocks Taking Possession of Ellesmere Island East Coast of 

 Ellesmere Lancaster Sound Franklin's Headquarters at Beechey 

 Island Record of the Gjoa Port Leopold Ponds Inlet Natives 

 Arctic Salmon^Baffin Bay Cumberland Gulf Wakeham Bay 

 Sugluk Bay Salisbury Island Voyage Home 35 



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 CHAPTER IV. 



HISTORICAL SUMMARY. 



Frobisher Davis Weymouth Knight Hudson Button Baffin Munck 

 Fox and James Hudson's Bay Company Knight Middleton and 

 Dobbs Hearne Ross and Parry Parry and Liddon Parry and 

 Lyon Franklin Ross Back Dease and Simpson Rae Franklin 

 and Crozier The Franklin Search Kane Hayes Hall Nares 

 Markham Greely Nansen Peary Sverdrup 71 



