AnguM, 1864.] Hall Landed at Wliale Point. 59 



At 11.30 a. m. of the 29th the anchor of the Tender was catted, and 

 Capt. H. Y. Chapel sailed with Hall, his two Eskimos, and his new 

 employ^, Rudolph, under instructions from the captain of the Monti- 

 cello, to convey them to Wager River. From this point they were to 

 proceed in the boat to Repulse Bay, where Hall expected to winter 

 and prepare for his sledge journey to King WilHam's Land in the 

 spring. Three of the whalers accompanied the Helen F. out of tlie 

 harbor, one of which, the Isabel, bound homeward, took letters to the 

 United States, including some from Too-koo-li-too to Miss Sylvia 

 Grinnell, (now Mrs. Captain Buxton, R. X.), and to Mrs. Budington. 



The Tender left her anchorage with a light breeze from the north- 

 east; but the wind soon veering to the south and freshening, she made 

 from four to six knots per hour toward Cape Fullerton. While cross- 

 ing an inlet which Hall named after Captain Chapel, he wrote his first 

 Arctic letter to Mr. Grinnell, dating it August 29, lat. 63° 47 X., long. 

 89° 58' W. 



On the 30th, he left the vessel in Mr. Chester's boat and landed 

 at Whale Point, returning to the schooner at about 4.30 p. m. The 

 next day they had the fii'st sight of whales. 



The captain of the Tender now infoi-med Hall that he had reached 

 Wager River, and would, therefore, land him in order that the schooner 

 might return to ^larble Island to make her winter quarters. Both Hall 

 and Chester dissented from the captain's judgment that he had reached 

 the river. The first officer, however, insisted that they were opposite its 

 southern entrance. Early in the morning of the 3 ! st, therefore, Chester 

 again took charge of the Sylvia, with her Arctic outfit, and landed 

 Hall with his party at a point which seemed to be, in Chester's judg- 

 ment, 35 miles, but was afterward determined by Hall from a meridian 



