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Snow-hlind. ' i^^ay, is6r. 



in consiMiiu-iicf of tlic loss of lour dogs wliicli had strayed off, scouting 

 tlifir uuisk-ox uieat Much hindered by the thicivly-faUing snow, Hall 

 and Peter BaNiie succeeded in recovering the dogs at the igloos where 

 the Pclh' P)av mcni were sleeping. No one of these showed his head, 

 ])ut various stiden articles were observed lying outside of the hut. 

 Half an hour later, an advance was again made toward the sea of 

 Ak-koo-lce on the same route which had been followed in 1866. 

 l)uring the dav Frank and Norton, blindfolded, sometimes rode upon 

 tlie sledge, at others walked behind, resting upon it; at 6.35 p. m., the 

 partv halted on the bed of a river. Tliier next igloo, on the 6th, was 

 made at 10. If) a. m., the travel having been made during the night to 

 prevent sH<tw-l)lindness. At 10 p. m. of the same day, again starting 

 out, thcv had the misfortune to run off a steep bank 50 feet high, which 

 threw all into consternation, and nearly broke their necks. The acci- 

 dent, however, delayed them but ten minutes. 



< )u the 7th, they arrived on the ice of Ak-koo-lee, and at 4.25 a. m. 

 point llargrave was reached. Ascending the heights of this point, 

 Hall endeavored with his telescope to ascertain the possibility of push- 

 ing out from the land, but found the appearance of the ice to be 

 entirely too rough for sledging; he was restricted to his old route on 

 tiie ice-foot. The water carried in the fur-covered keg for re-icing 

 the sled-nniiiers failed, and the keg itself was soon afterward unfortu- 

 nately lo>t iiv.iii the sled. No one had ridden on the march of this 

 day exce]it ihc faithlid cook, Too-koo-li-too, whose occupation allowed 

 li.r little sleep ;it iiiuht. At 8.:')0 a. m., the fifth igloo was made at the 

 west jM.iiit of ( 'ape ka(|\ Pclj\-. 



At I I' III.. May :t, ilall was (Icljolited 1o see by the aid of his 

 glaiM*, ill' l.oiih- which were deposited the greater part of the 



