1898—1902. No. 16] FLOW. PLANTS AND FERNS OF N.-W. GREENLAND. 5) 
point was at lat. 77° 45’, from whence he sighted the entrance to Ingle- 
field Gulf (Whale Sound) with Hakluyt Island, Smith Sound, the Carey 
Islands and some points on the Greenland coast, which were named 
by him, as well as Ellesmereland on the west side. 
For fully two hundred years after Barrin’s voyage none, except 
perhaps some dutch whalers, entered the upper part of Baffin’s Bay 
and it was even erased from the maps; but in 1818 the English Govern- 
ment sent out an expedition under the command of Joun Ross, who 
verified the discoveries of Barrin and sailed up Smith Sound as far as 
to within sight of Cape Alexander. Ross also effected the first landing 
here, on Bushnan Island and, later, at Cape York and other points. 
In 1849—50 the transport ship North Star, under the command of 
Saunpers, wintered in North Star Bay in Wolstenholme Sound, where, 
however, no exploration of any extent was undertaken. 
The next visitor was E. A. INGLEeriIELD, who, in the summer of 
1852, made a cruise up to Smith Sound in search of Sir Joun FRanK.in. 
He landed at several places; among others he carefully examined 
Wolstenholme Sound, entered Granville Bay and, following the shore, 
came to a small inlet, evidently Burdin Bay, where an Eskimo village 
was visited. Further, he ascertained the position of the islands at the 
mouth of what we now call Inglefield Gulf and, passing Cape Alexander, 
obtained a view through Smith Sound into what is now termed Kane 
Basin, naming several points on both coasts. In lat. 78° 28’ he turned 
back because of unfavorable ice-conditions. 
Already in the following year, an american expedition came up 
through Smith Sound, commanded by ExisHa Kent Kane. He was 
able to round Cairn Point at the northern entrance of the Sound and, 
proceeding along the coast, he took up his winter quarters in Rensselaer 
Bay. From thence he examined not only the shore up to the Hum- 
boldt Glacier, but also sent forward sledging expeditions. His mate 
Morton and the Greenlander Hans Henprix were thus the first who 
visited what Kane called Washington Land, that is to say, the Green- 
land coast from the Humboldt Glacier northwards to the southern part 
of the Kennedy Channel. Kane’s expedition, which lasted two years, 
brougt home some rather valuable information about these regions, be- 
sides mapping a long stretch of coast-line. 
The next explorer was again an american, J. J. Hayes, who in 
1860—61 wintered in Port koulke and examined the adjoining region 
besides making journeys to the western side. 
