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are found in their Journals : — " Current 4 a knot in an e.s.e. direc- 

 tion." " Strong current running e.s.e." " Off Schalarov Island, 

 current running l£ knot to the eastward." " Though the wind 

 was westerly the pieces of ice drifted from east to west ; the sledge- 

 drivers were of opinion that this was the ebb tide, the regular six- 

 hourly return of which they had noted." 



It will be seen on reference to the meteorological register kept 

 on board the Enterprise, where the thickness of the ice was mea- 

 sured on the first of every month, that the thickness increased 

 up to June 1st, the mean temperature of the month of May 

 being -+- 23°. The change in the character of the ice cannot there- 

 fore be ascribed to the temperature of the atmosphere, but will 

 probably be found due to the motion of the water. These Polynias, 

 or open spaces of water, have since been fallen in with to the 

 north of Grinnell Land and in the upper portion of Smith Sound, 

 and they were seen by Lieutenant Payer in the recent voyage 

 of the Tegethoff, as far north as the 82° of latitude. It is to be 

 noted that the open water on the Siberian coast occurs in com- 

 paratively shallow water under 20 fathoms, whereas in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Point Barrow the water deepens with great rapidity. 



Nativk Names for Some Places between the Mackenzie River 

 and Point Hope. 



The Mackenzie, Imna (?) 



Village between it and Point Kay, Pe-ock-rha. 



Point Kay, Te-kee-ra. 



Reef East of Herschel Island, Ke-yuk-ta-zia. 



Herschel Island, Keyuk-la-hue. 



Barter Island, Koo-na-miaou. 



Fishing-station this side, Ac-hut. 



Village visited by us in the autumn, A'oo-na-ma-luk. 



Village about 7 miles ml by e. from ) Noo _ woo _ a , 



ship, ) 



Roman zofF chain of hills, Chud-loo-o-sak. 



Canning River, Kook-Doak. 



Flaxman Island, Kapa-gill-lulc. 



Between Point Barrow and Flax-\ ni nan 

 T , , } the-qea. 



man Island, ) J 



Point Barrow, Noo-icook. 



Beyond Point Barrow, Ut-kia-mik-miot. 



Northern stream between Refuge"! •» » , 



Inlet and Cape Smyth, J ~^ e ~ 



Cape Smyth, Noo-oo. 



Refuge Inlet, Noo-naboo oi H-lip-tu. 



Inlet south nt it. Too-na-mut. 



I lape Lisburn, Te-ga. 



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