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pile of stones of sufficient height to be seen from the 

 . and deposited underneath it a note, containing 

 the latitude, longitude, and some particulars relative 

 to the Expedition. 



Saturday, rjxfa 22nd was a calm, bultry day, the tem- 

 perature varying between ."38° and (J.j°, and we were 

 tormented by musquitoes. The ice remained very 

 close to ti;^ beach. Impatient of our long detention, 

 we gladly availed ourselves, at three in the morn: 

 of the 23rd, of a small opening in the ice, to launch 

 tl>e boats, and push them forward as far as we could 

 get them. We thus succeeded in reaching a lane of 

 water, through which we made tolerable progress, 

 though after two hours and a half of exertion, we 

 were gradually hemmed in, and forced again to i 

 camp at the mouth of a small stream westward of Sir 

 Pulteney Malcolm River. We had, however, 

 satisfaction of finding, by the observations, that we 

 had gained ten miles. The temperature of the water 

 at the surface a quarter of a mile from the shore was 

 40°, that of the air being 4*J°. The water was | 

 fathoms deep, ten yards from the beach, 



The coast here was about fifteen feet high ; and 



from the top of the bank a level plain extended to the 



• of the mountains, which, though very swampy, 



w:is covered with verdure. At this place we first 



found boulder stones, which were deeply seated in the 



