A NATURALIST S ADVENTURES 



Thursday, August 19 



At supper time we were in latitude 66° 45' N.; longitude 

 166 35' W. Here we saw great numbers of swimming 

 medusae, and frequently under them were small fishes, of 

 which we caught a great many with a dip-net, and found 

 them to be polar cod. There was a great variety of forms 

 among the jelly-fishes, some of them very pretty. A 

 dredge haul was made immediately after supper, and some 

 good shells, ophiurans, crustaceans, etc., were taken on 

 the sandy bottom. 



The temperature is quite moderate; one does not need 

 an overcoat. The water is still comparatively warm; tem- 

 perature 49 at midnight. 



Friday, August 20 



At 2.45 P. M. we were abreast of Point Hope, and at 

 8.36 P. M. we anchored at Cape Lisburne, in seven fathoms, 

 sticky bottom. At noon to-day we were still in the warm 

 current, temperature 51 °. 



The settlement at Point Hope showed no signs of life, 

 the natives being off fishing. There were plenty of frames 

 for caches, etc., and at various points along the low shore 

 were large conical piles of drift wood. The dwellings are 

 underground. There is no harbor at Cape Lisburne and 

 but a small settlement. The cape is a lofty bluff, backed 

 by high hills, the highest 849 feet, down which " woollies " 

 came as we were standing in. The full moon came in 

 sight as we rounded the cape. The sun sets at 8.20 and 

 rises at 3.55. 



Pinnacled edges are found on the hills similar to those 

 of the Plover Bay region. Stratified rocks are exposed 

 in the cliffs. Murres, Rodgers' fulmar, kittiwakes, and 

 mormons are the common birds seen to-day. The air here 

 at 9 P. M., 46 ; water, 47 J/2 . 



Saturday, August 21 

 Went ashore early with Baker and Noyes, to collect 

 birds, etc. The day was for the most part very pleasant, 

 and in the afternoon the sun's rays were powerful, so much 

 so, that two Eskimo boys stripped down to the waist. 

 These people, like the Plover Bay folk, were hatless. 



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