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May "23. — We started for the ship, carrying only the scientific records 

 of the expedition, the private papers of its members, and necessarj^ 

 supplies. I was still oblig-ed to ride continuously. Favored with 

 abundant light and continuously calm weather, and forcing the dogs 

 to their best, the return to the ship was accomplished in six days, 

 arriving there May 29. During ni}^ absence Captain Bartlett had 

 built at Cape DTTrville, from plans which I had furnished him, a 

 comfortable house of the boxes of supplies, double roofed with canvas, 

 and banked in with gravel. 



June 1. — I sent one sledge load of provisions to Cape Louis Napoleon, 

 and four to Cape Norton Shaw. 



Jtine 6. — I sent three loads to Carl Ritter Bav and two to Cape 

 Lawrence. On the 25th of June the last of these sledges returned to 

 the Windicard^ and the year's campaign to the north was ended. The 

 return from Carl Ritter Bay had been slow, owing to the abundance of 

 water on the ice foot and the sea ice of the bays, and the resulting sore 

 feet of the dogs. 



Jtine 28. — A sufficient number of dogs had recovered from the effect 

 of their work to enable me to make up two teams, and Henson was 

 sent with these, four of the natives, and a dory, to make his w^ay to 

 Etah and communicate with the summer ship immediately on her 

 arrival, so that her time would not be wasted even should the Winchvard 

 be late in getting out of the ice. 



t/une 29. — I started with two sledges and three natives to complete 

 my surve}' of Princess Marie and Buchanan bays, and make a reconnois- 

 sance to the westward from the head of the former. M}^ feet, which I 

 had been favoring since my return from Conger, were now in fair 

 condition, only a xevj small place on the right one remaining unhealed. 

 Traveling and working at night and sleeping during the day, I 

 advanced to Princess Marie Bay, crossed the narrow neck of Bache 

 Peninsula, and camped on the morning of July 4 near the head of 

 the northern arm of Buchanan Bay. Hardly was the tent set up 

 when a bear was seen out in the bay, and we immediately went in 

 pursuit, and in a short time had him killed. He proved to be a 

 line large specimen. While after the bear I noticed a herd of musk 

 oxen a few miles up the valley, and after the bear had been brought 

 into camp and skinned, and we had snatched a few hours' sleep, we 

 went after the musk oxen. Eight of these were secured, including 

 two fine bulls and two live calves, the latter following us back to 

 camp of their own accord. The next three days were occupied in 

 getting the beef to camp. I then crossed to the southern arm of 

 Buchanan J^ay, securing another musk ox. Returning to Princess 

 Marie Ba}', I camped on the morning of the 14th at the glacier which 

 fills the head of Sawyer Ba}-. 



