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escaped most miraculously, and under bare poles scudded 

 before the wind. A vast number of icebergs and the 

 ' pack ' coming in view, we were forced to make sail. The 

 mainsail went to pieces as soon as it was set, and we were 

 once more in great jeopardy ; but fortunately the storm 

 abated, and we have since been threshing to windward, 

 and are once more within Smith Sound. " 



Hayes again attempted to reach Cape Isabella, but 

 the pack was again met. He then attempted to pass up 

 the Greenland coast so as to try to cross farther north. 

 However, another gale set in, and he was forced to take 

 shelter behind Cape Alexander. When the gale subsided 

 he again entered the sound, but was soon beset in the 

 ice, and the schooner was seriously damaged. Even after 

 this, another attempt was made to pass up the coast, but 

 it ended in failure, and Hayes was forced to put into 

 Hartstene Bay for the winter. The harbour was named 

 Fort Foulke, in honour of William Parker Foulke, of 

 Philadelphia, who was one of the earliest, and continued 

 to be throughout one of the most constant advo- 

 cates of the expedition. Port Foulke is situated about 

 8 nautical miles in a north-easterly direction from Cape 

 Alexander. An abundance of game was found in the 

 neighbourhood, and consisted of deer, hares, foxes, and 

 birds. 



During October, Hayes made a journey inland, ascend- 

 ing a glacier, named by Kane after his brother John, with 

 five men, and taking with him a sledge loaded with eight 

 days' 1 provisions, a small canvas tent, two buffalo-skins for 

 bedding, and a cooking-lamp. The party reached a point 

 TO miles from the coast, at an elevation of 5000 feet. 

 Hayes describes it as a vast frozen Sahara, immeasurable 

 to the human eye. He goes on to compare the river 

 systems of the Temperate and Equatorial Zones with the 

 glacier systems of the Arctic and Antarctic, and draws a 



