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1822. << rpj^ U pp 8r or craggy part was of solid granite, and the slope of its 

 <-*~rw debris, which however was in most cases deeply covered by snow. In all 

 the lakes was a sheet of solid ice, detached from the banks and floating 

 in the centre. Its thickness above water was from six to twelve inches. 

 The little vegetation we saw was shrivelled and dry, which may account 

 for the absence of deer. We saw numerous tracks of them near the lakes, 

 but they were not recent, and may have been made while the animals were 

 herding for their final departure ; a few small flocks of buntings were seen 

 as if also assembled to migrate to the southward." 



Sun. 1. Being thus by a combination of untoward circumstances baffled in an 

 endeavour which had appeared almost certain of success, we had only to 

 await with patience the arrival of our other parties ; scarcely however ven- 

 turing to hope that their information alone could prove of any great interest 

 or importance in furthering our main object. The north-west wind freshen- 

 ing almost to a gale, which made me somewhat apprehensive for Mr. Crozier 

 and his little establishment at the Narrows, I despatched Mr. Ross, at 

 seven this evening, to carry him a fresh supply of provisions and to assist 

 him on his return to the ship. At the same time I directed Mr. Ross to 

 occupy the following day in examining the portioi of land forming the 

 northern shore of the Narrows, which we had some reason to suppose 

 insular. 



Mon. 2. At nine A.M. on the 2d, Lieutenant Reid and his party were descried at 

 their landing-place, and a boat being sent for them arrived on board at half- 

 past eleven. An account of this journey, which was accompanied by a 

 sketch of the coast, is here subjoined. 



August. « Landing at six A.M. on the 30th, we commenced our march about due 

 west along the coast, though not in a direct line, the hills being in many 

 parts perpendicular down to the water, and we had to cross one inlet in 

 which the ice was broken up. At noon we arrived at an inlet, from a 

 quarter of a mile to a mile and a quarter in width, with a rapid run of water, 

 having in it two small islands, and in part covered with ice. Following the 

 stream down to the sea, without finding a for ding-place, we ascended the 

 banks, and at length crossed upon the ice with mucli difficulty. Dining on 



