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tion of finding many relics of the unfortunate party, and of 

 collecting, and re-interring with burial service, the bones of one 

 of the party, which had been disinterred from their shallow grave 

 and scattered about, apparently by burgomaster gulls. Collec- 

 tions of rocks were made from the islands, which are gneissic. 

 Foreign drift was found on them, the significance of which is 

 quite important taken in connection with other data gathered 

 with reference to the former extension of the ice. This will be 

 discussed later. 



Early on the morning of July 25th, the date named for 

 reaching Inglefield Gulf by Mr. Bryant in his prospectus, the 

 Falcon entered Whale Sound, the southern entrance to the gulf. 

 Finding the inner portion of the sound covered with unbroken 

 ice, the vessel passed between the Northumberland and Herbert 

 Islands into Murchison Sound, the northern entrance to the gulf. 

 This was also found covered with ice, and after searching" in vain 

 for a practicable way through it, the Falcon was made fast to the 

 ice, only some forty odd miles from her primary destination, 

 which she would have reached on schedule time but for the 

 unusual tardiness of the breaking up of the ice. The persistence 

 of the ice here, and along the coast of Ellesmere Land, and in 

 Jones Sound on the west side of Baffin's Bay, rendered the geo- 

 graphical work contemplated by Mr. Bryant almost fruitless. 

 It very considerably modified my own work, and caused some 

 loss of time, but was not without its very considerable compen- 

 sations, so far as my part of the work was concerned. By reason 

 of their detention I became much indebted to the other members 

 of the party, and particularly to Professor Libbey, for hearty and 

 very considerable aid. Thwarted in their own immediate plans, 

 they turned cordially to the other scientific work which was 

 available ; and it is well-nigh impossible to be detained at any 

 point on the coast north of Cape York where glaciers and ice 

 caps profitable for study are not near at hand. To Professor 

 Libbey's rare skill in photography science will be indebted for 

 many choice views of glaciers which the kodak, my own rather 

 uncertain dependence, might not have furnished, though this 



