252 Arrival at Cape Lady Pelly. [Aprii, isee. 



By tlie 1 1'tli of tlie month, Ilall liad struck the rough ice of the sea of 

 Ak-koo-lee, and, passing over one of its small arms, made his encamp- 

 ment upon it. On the 20th, he measured a rough lunar distance to test 

 the correctness of his dates, and confirmed them by comparison of this 

 measurement with those given in the Nautical Almanac; he was unable 

 to make any further advance on this day. The first headland met on 

 resuming the journey on the 21st was a projecting point 100 feet in 

 height. On the 22d, by meridian observations, he determined his lati- 

 tude, and by comparison of four chronometers found his longitude to 

 agree Avithin 11' of that given on Dr. Rae's chart; the latitude agreed 

 very well for the relative situations of Cape Lady Pelly and Point 

 Hargrave. Making an effort to push his advance parties forward by 

 longer journeys, of at least 25 miles per day, by saving the time 

 usually spent in loading up and in building igloos, on the 23d he 

 reached Cape Lady Pelly, and halted to discover how he might get 

 round the point, as the ice was exceedingly rough. ''Jagged and 

 broken granite stones are in plenty here, where I suppose Dr. Rae 

 made his advance deposits in 1854." 



The land a little further on was found to be very low, forming an 

 inclined plane to the coast, interrupted by a short highland one mile 

 distant from and parallel with it. As far as to Point Swanton, the 

 coast-line was afterward found so low that it was difficult to tell whether 

 they were on sea-ice or land ; the travel was upon the ice-foot, which 

 was from 10 to 30 yards wide, on the outside of which were heavy 

 masses of very rough ice from 50 to 200 yards in width, while the sea 

 itself was covered with solid pack-ice. On the 24th two deer, shot by 

 Kbior])ing and Ar-mou v;\i\i Hall's favorite rifle, were added' to the 

 h.ads (in the sleds. Tlie older one had antlers 18 inches long, which, 



