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" (2) I have shown that men may subsist themselves 

 in Smith Sound independent of support from home. 



" (3) That a self-sustaining colony may be established 

 at Port Foulke, and be made the basis of an extended 

 exploration. 



" (4) That the exploration of this entire region is 

 practicable from Port Foulke — having from that starting- 

 point pushed my discoveries much beyond those of my 

 predecessors, without any second party in the field to 

 co-operate with me, and under the most adverse circum- 

 stances. 



" (5) That, with a reasonable degree of certainty, it is 

 shown that, with a strong vessel, Smith Sound may be 

 navigated and the open sea reached beyond it. 



" (6) I have shown that the open sea exists." 



In returning home, Hayes visited Whale Sound and 

 explored it as far as he could, and named Inglefield Gulf. 



At Upernavik news was received of trouble in the 

 United States, but it was not till they put in to Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia, that they learnt that civil war had broken 

 out. This was terrible news to Hayes. He had intended 

 to return to the Arctic regions with a ship fitted with 

 steam-power, and to continue his explorations. The war 

 altered everything. As soon as he reached Boston he 

 wrote to the President, asking for immediate emplovment 

 in the public service, and offering his schooner to the 

 Government as a gun-boat. 



Hayes 1 book is written in delightful language, but grave 

 doubts have been cast upon the extent of his dis- 

 coveries. It was afterwards found that Lady Franklin 

 Bay was 6 degrees farther east than Hayes placed it, 

 and the description given by Hayes of his farthest north 

 does not agree with what is seen in the neighbourhood 

 of Lady Franklin Bay. 



