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however, recognised the remarkably shaped 

 conical hills spoken of by Osborn, when he at 

 his farthest, in 1851, struck off to the westward. 

 The coast-line throughout was extremely low ; 

 and in the thick disagreeable weather which he 

 almost constantly experienced, it was often a 

 matter of great difficulty to prevent straying 

 off the coast-line inland. He commenced his 

 return on 11th May, and reached the ship on 

 7 th June, in wretched health and depressed in 

 spirits. 



Directly his health was partially re-esta- 

 blished, he, in spite of the Doctor's remon- 

 strances, as I have before said, again set out on 

 the 10th with his party of men and the dogs, 

 to complete the exploration of both shores of 

 the continuation of Peel Sound, between the 

 position of the ' Fox ' and the points reached by 

 Sir James Boss in 1849, and Lieutenant Browne 

 in 1851. This he accomplished without finding 

 any trace of the lost expedition, and the parties 

 were again on board by 28th June. The ice 

 travelled over in this last journey was almost 

 all formed last autumn. 



The extent of coast-line explored by Captain 

 Young amounts to 380 miles, whilst that dis- 

 covered by Hobson and myself amounts to 

 nearly 420 miles, making a total of 800 geo- 



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