Sept. 1858. POET KENNEDY. 199 



iron pyrites. The dredge has been used, but 

 with very little success. The thermometer 

 ranges between 20° and 30°. Fresh water pools 

 are frozen over, sea-ice forms in every sheltered 

 angle of the creeks. There is no snow upon 

 the land, and this is one cause of the difficulty 

 of finding game. 



I have determined upon n^.ming this beautiful 

 little anchorage Port Kennedy, after my prede- 

 cessor, the discoverer of Bellot Strait, of which 

 it is decidedly the port. This is not a compli- 

 ment to him, but an agreeable duty to me, and 

 nowhere could Mr. Kennedy's name be more 

 appropriately affixed than in close proximity 

 with his interesting discovery. And now hav- 

 ing made this acknowledgement, I may venture 

 to confer our little vessel's name upon the islets 

 which protect its entrance. 



The island upon which Mr. Kennedy and 

 Lieutenant Bellot encamped was Long Island, 

 about three miles further' to the south-east. 



17^/i. — Of late we have been preparing pro- 

 visions and equipments for our travelling 

 parties. My scheme of sledge search compre- 

 hends three separate routes and parties of four 

 men ; to each party a dog sledge and driver 

 will be attached ; Hobson, Young, and I will 

 lead them. 



