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island. Cape Britannia, as far as could be seen, had 

 very high land far back. Stephenson Land was quite 

 hidden behind Mount Hooker Land, which latter towards 

 Cape Buttress extended very far back to the eastward. 

 Cape Buttress overlapped it, but inside and above the cape 

 could be seen either a hummocky floe or a mer de glace ; it 

 looked like a Hoe, but its skyline had a perceptible curve 

 in it — a haze hung over this part. By the look of the 

 land and shore, a passage seemed to connect St. George's 

 Fiord with St. Andrew's Bay. St. George's Fiord could 

 be traced continuing to the south, after making a slight 

 bend to the west. The view inland in that direction 

 stretched away without a break as far as the eye could 

 reach, all much about the same elevation. Mount Punch 

 stood out from most of the other mountains, and Grant's 

 Land was distinctly visible, the United States' range 

 being very conspicuous."" 



After a short rest, they once more started, making for 

 Cape Fulford. Heavy snowfalls with thick fogs retarded 

 their advance, and on the 28th of May a depot was formed 

 with 200 lb. of articles which they could dispense with. 

 With the exception of Beaumont and Gray, all the party 

 were suffering from scurvy, and steadily getting worse. 

 Soon after this, Paul fell down quite powerless, and had to 

 be carried on the sledge ; and on the 7th June another 

 man had to be placed beside him. Repulse Harbour was 

 reached on the 10th of June. It was decided to cross 

 over to the Alert, but after travelling about 1 mile over 

 the ice they came to water, and had to return and make 

 their way to Polaris Bay, 40 miles off. Next march 

 Dobing broke down, and Jones felt so bad he did not 

 think he could walk much longer. Thev toiled painfully 

 through McCormick Pass, and reached Newman Bay. On 

 the 22nd. Craig and Dobing almost dragged themselves 

 along, their breath failing entirely at every 10 yards. 



