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the 11th April with seven sledges, and followed very 

 much the same route taken by Lockwood, but did not 

 go overland. The northern part of Cape Britannia Island 

 was reached on the 4th May. From here he sent back 

 the last of the supporting party, and pushed on north 

 with Henson and one Eskimo. Lockwood Island was 

 reached on the 8th May, and from the cairn erected 

 by Lockwood, Peary took the record, which had been 

 perfectly preserved. From here one inarch carried the 

 party to Cape Washington, the farthest point seen by 

 Lockwood. On rounding this cape, Peary saw another 

 headland still farther north. Near this cape were very 

 large glaciers which Peary believes are the birthplaces 

 of the " floe-bergs." Still farther north another cape was 

 found, to which Peary gave the name " Cape Morris Jesup." 

 This was the most northern point of the Greenland 

 Archipelago. From this point Peary started over the 

 ice-pack towards the north, but found the ice impracti- 

 cable. He reached 83° 50', and returned. He then 

 travelled eastward along the coast, which soon began to 

 trend to the south-east. In the same latitude as Cape 

 Washington was found a magnificent cape, which Peary 

 named " Cape Bridgman." Two marches beyond this cape 

 brought Peary to a point from which he recognised a 

 mountain he had seen from the ice-cap south of Independ- 

 ence Bay. The weather was now very foggy, and Peary 

 was compelled to stop at what he believed was an island 

 in the mouth of a large fiord. To this island he gave 

 the name " Clarence Wyckoff Island." He had now reached 

 the 83rd degree on the east coast. After waiting two 

 nights and a day for the fog to lift, he found it necessary 

 to start on the return journey. He left records at this 

 camp, and also at Cape Morris Jesup and Cape Wash- 

 ington. Quite a large number of musk-oxen were seen 

 along this most northern land. 



