664 THE JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY. 



proved better than I had reason to expect, and out of the 350 

 views taken I shall find ample illustrative material. 



On the day following our arrival a base line was measured on 

 the ice under the superintendence of Professor Libbe\, and with 

 the assistance of Mr. Bridgman and Dr. Wetherell, with a view 

 to the more accurate mapping of the surrounding region. This 

 was abandoned the next day, however, for the ice having relaxed 

 and a lane having opened northward, the Falcon moved to a point 

 close in to the north shore, opposite the Igloodahomyne glacier, 



Fig. 5- The Igloodahomyne Glacier, near mouth of Murchison Sound, North 

 Greenland. A dependency of the inland ice. 



in the hope of finding broken ice and a practicable passage along 

 the north shore. The Igloodahomyne glacier was examined by 

 Professor Libbey, Dr. Wetherell, and myself on the following day. 

 During the next two clays the vessel was advanced several miles 

 into Inglefield Gulf, where it was again arrested opposite the 

 glaciers of the Red Cliff peninsula, which furnished a profitable 

 field of study until August 4th. Meanwhile, communication 

 had been opened over the gulf ice with Lieutenant Peary's head- 

 quarters, and we learned with extreme regret that the extraor- 

 dinary severity of the spring storms on the ice cap had so 

 nearly destroyed his dog team, and had so far crippled his men, 

 as to compel a return to headquarters and a postponement of his 

 exploration of the extreme borders of Greenland until next year. 



