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humor and do little i tion. The consideration 



thai the most painful, and certainly the most hazard- 

 ous, pari of the journey was yet to come, did nol de- 

 press their spirits at all It is due to their charac- 

 ter i" mention that they displayed much courage in 

 encountering the dangers of the sea, magnified to them 

 l>y their novelty. 



The Bhbres between Cape Barrow and Cape Flin- 

 ders, including the extensive branches of Arctic and 

 Melville Sounds, and Bathurst's [nlet, may be com- 

 prehended in one alf, which I have distinguish- 

 ed by the appellation of G I V.'t ( ronation 

 Gulf, in honor of His Mosl Gracious Majesty,the lat- 

 ter name bi ing added to mark the time of its discov- 

 ery. The Archipelago oi islands which fringe the 

 coast from Copp< r-Mine River to Poinl Turaagain, I 

 have named in honor of His Royal Bighness the Duke 

 Of York. 



It may be deserving of notice, thai the extremes in 

 temperature of the sea water during our voya 

 53° and 35°,bu1 its general temperature was betv 



- and 48°. Throughout our return from Point 

 Turnagain we observed that the sea had risen several 

 murks hit at our former encampments. 

 This may, perhaps, be attributed t<> the north-v* 

 gales. 



August 26.— Previous to our departure this morn* 



