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1,500 feet. This range runs in a general northeast and 

 southwest direction between Sandwich Bay and Hamil- 

 ton Inlet, and it well deserves to be accurately measured 

 and mapped. To the highest peak of this range we 

 have given the name of Mt. Cabot, in honor of John 

 and Sebastian Cabot. The position of Dumplin Harbor 

 was ascertained by Captain Handy by reckoning from 

 observations of the sun at noon to be in lat. 53° 48' ; 

 long. 56° 23'. 



The 17th was a fine day, with the wind from the 

 south, sometimes hauling east of south. We ran twenty- 

 five miles across the mouth of Sandwich Bay to Tub 

 Island, well known to the fisherman on the coast, and the 

 farthest point reached by American fishermen ; it is high 

 and steep, and so named for its resemblance to a tub ly- 

 ing bottom-side up. Beyond this harbor the Labrador 

 coast is the Ultima Thule of America ; and here the ser- 

 vices of our coast-pilot. Captain French, were to be sup- 

 plemented by native guides. We now had high expec- 

 tations of making new discoveries in the entomology, 

 marine zoology, and geology of the northern coast of 

 this little-known region. . Tub Island was found to be 

 in lat. 54° 12', long. 56° 40'. 



One of the most remarkable headlands on the coast 

 is the eastern end of Horsechops Island; a lofty basaltic 

 cliff with a human profile, the nose distinctly Roman 

 and the forehead retreating. On the north side of the 

 island were three raised beaches, at least 100 feet high. 

 Inshore the land was very high (the highest portion 398 

 feet by the chart), with the snow lying on it in extensive 

 fields. 



A white bear was shot two years ago, on an island a 



