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emanate from himself; I will merely state here that no one moment has 
been lost by this indefatigable collector and observer. He has, moreover, 
by his genial and ready help on all occasions, won the friendship of all, and 
I feel confident that their Lordships will highly appreciate his valuable 
services. I am only doing him justice when I state that he has been to 
this Expedition what Sabine was to that under Sir Edward Parry.” 
This is good news for naturalists, and we look forward with 
pleasurable expectations to the appearance of Capt. Feilden’s own 
‘account of his labours. 
Meantime, on glancing through the Report before us, we do not 
fail to notice the occasional allusions which are made to the game 
and wild-fowl procured en route by the officers aud crews of both 
vessels. In the neighbourhood of Hayes Sound the sportsmen 
discovered a richly vegetated valley, with numerous traces of Musk 
Oxen and other game (p. 10). Walrus Shoal, off Franklin Pierce 
Bay, and a mile to the eastward of Norman Lockyer Island, was so 
named from the numerous remains of Esquimaux found on the 
island, who, to judge by the number of bones lying about, had 
evidently subsisted principally on these animals. At present this 
neighbourhood may be considered as the northern limit of their 
migration, only a very few having been s¢en further to the north 
(p. 16). | 
“On entering Discovery Harbour,” says Capt. Nares (p. 24), “‘we had 
the satisfaction of sighting a herd of nine Musk Oxen, all of which were 
killed; our joy at the good luck being greatly increased by the news 
that the vegetation was considerably richer than that of any part of 
the coast visited by us north of Port Foulke, the Elysium of the Arctic 
regions.” 
Here the ‘ Discovery’ made her winter quarters, and the“ Alert’ 
pushed onward alone. The winter quarters of the latter vessel were 
established off Cape Sheridan, in the highest northern latitude ever 
yet reached by a ship. Capt. Nares’ account of the situation, and 
of the long arctic winter, with its unparalleled intensity and duration 
of darkness for one hundred and forty-two days, is engrossing in 
the extreme. 
The vicinity of the winter quarters of the ¢ Alert’ ** proved to be 
‘unfavoured by game.” : 
“On our first arrival,” says Capt. Nares (p. 48), “a few Ducks were 
seen and five shot; and during the winter and spring three Hares were 
