156 DR. EAE, 1853-54— ANDERSON, 1855. 



Bay. Cape Parry was passed at midnight, and we came across 

 some heavy ice, being the first met with since leaving the straits. 

 On the 30th it was so close as to compel us to haul in shore, 

 affording a great contrast with the state of the ice at the same 

 period two years ago, when the pack was 30 miles from the land. 

 Cape Bathurst was passed on September 1st. On the 2nd, the 

 temperature of the sea rose to 36°, and several whales were seen. 

 The current was found to set to the eastward, at the rate of 1*2 

 miles per hour, which so delayed our progress that Herschel 

 Island was not passed until the 4th. 



Br. Bae's Journey from Repulse Bay across Bae Isthmus and Simpson 

 Peninsula to the West Coast of Boothia Felix.— Passing the winter of 

 1853-54 on the head of Eepulse Bay, where he maintained himself 

 almost entirely by his own resources, on March 31st, he set off, 

 accompanied by four men. Pelly Bay was reached on April 16th, 

 and the Eskimo met with on the 20th, and on the 29th the mouth 

 of the Murchison Eiver : continuing his course along the shore of 

 Boothia Felix, Cape Porter (so named by Sir John Eoss) was reached 

 on May 6 th. After obtaining numerous articles from the Eskimo 

 belonging to the Erebus and Terror, and receiving from them an 

 account of the crews having perished by starvation, Dr. Eae re- 

 turned to Eepulse Bay, which was reached on May 26th. Leaving 

 Eepulse Bay on August 6th in the boats (the summer being ex- 

 tremely cold and backward), Churchill Eiver was reached on 

 August 28th, and York Factory on the 31st. 



Voyage of Mr. J. Anderson down Bach Biver. — Leaving Fort Eeso- 

 lution in three bark-canoes on June 22nd, 1855, on the 28th the 

 ice was fallen in with at the Tal-thal-leh Lake ; and it was not 

 until July 2nd that the mountain was reached. Carrying every- 

 thing across the portages, Lake Aylmer was gained on the 8th, and 

 Sand Hill Bay on the 11th. Availing himself now of the in- 

 formation supplied by Sir G. Back, the river was descended, and 

 notwithstanding the exquisite skill of our Iroquois bowmen, the 

 canoes were repeatedly broken and much strained. On the 20th 

 the Eskimo were met with below the Mackinlay Eiver. On Lake 

 Garry the ice still delayed their progress. On arriving at the 

 rapids below Lake Franklin several articles belonging to the 

 missing expedition were found among the Eskimo. On August 1st, 

 Montreal Island was reached with considerable difficulty, and the 

 remains of a boat and other things belonging to the ships were 

 found. Crossing over to Elliot Bay on the 5th, the inlet was full 

 of ice, and they could only proceed along shore at high-water. 



