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pile of stones of sufficient height to be seen from the 
sea, and deposited underneath it a note, containing 
the latitude, longitude, and some particulars relative 
to the Expedition. 
Saturday, The 22nd was a calm, sultry day, the tem- 
perature varying between 58° and 63°, and we were 
tormented by musquitoes. The ice remained very 
close to the beach. Impatient of our long detentidn, 
we gladly availed ourselves, at three in the morning 
of the 23rd, of a small opening in the ice, to launch 
the boats, and push them forward as far as we could 
get them. We thus succeeded in reaching a lane of 
water, through which we made tolerable progress, 
though after two hours and a half of exertion, we 
were gradually hemmed in, and forced again to en- 
camp at the mouth of a small'stream westward of Sir 
Pulteney Malcolm River. We had, however, the 
satisfaction of finding, by the observations, that we 
had gained ten miles, The temperature of the water 
at the surface a quarter of a mile from the shore was 
40°, that of the air being 49°. The water was two 
fathoms deep, ten yards from the beach. 
The coast here was about fifteen feet high ; and 
from tne top of the bank a level plain extended to the 
base of the mountains, which, though very swampy, 
was covered with verdure. At this place we first 
found boulder stones, which were deeply seated in the 
