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The depot left here by the English was visited, and, 

 with the exception of a portion of the bread, was found 

 to be in good condition. As Greely was short of boats, 

 he took on with him the English jolly-boat. 



The cairn on Washington Irving Island was searched, 

 and the record of Nares was taken, and a copy left with 

 a new record giving a brief account of the expedition to 

 date. Near Cape Frazer the first palaeocrystic floeberg 

 was seen. A cache of 200 lb. of meat and 280 lb. of 

 bread was left at Carl Ritter Bay. Greely points out 

 that the indentation here is so slight, and the curve so 

 great, that it is a bight rather than a bay. The south- 

 eastern part of Lady Franklin Bay was reached on the 

 4th August, but here a heavy pack was met, and it was 

 not until the 11th that the Proteus entered Discovery 

 Harbour. _ 



On entering the harbour, eleven musk-oxen were seen. 

 They were immediately followed, and all were shot. It 

 was found that the Proteus could not safely approach 

 Watercourse Bay, and Greely therefore decided to make 

 his station on the shore of Discovery Harbour, near the 

 quarters of the English Expedition. 



The site for a house was soon chosen, and the unloading 

 of the vessel was proceeded with. The station was named 

 " Conger, 11 after Senator Conger, who had interested 

 himself specially in behalf of the expedition. In addition 

 to the general supplies, 1 30 tons of coal were landed. 



Greely records that, on the 25th August, Lieutenant 

 Kislingbury, the second in command, spent the day on 

 the Proteus, and next day, dissatisfied with the ex- 

 peditionary regulations, requested that he be relieved 

 from duty with the expedition. His request was granted, 

 and he was ordered to report himself to the Chief Signal 

 Officer on his return to the States. However, just as 

 Lieutenant Kislingbury was leaving the station, the 



