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ing away to the south between LongstafF and Markham. 

 There appears to be a wide strait or inlet between 

 LongstafF and the new land east of Markham. Then 

 trending about south-east from LongstafF is a lofty 

 range of mountains which we will see more closely as 

 we move south. I trust that the blizzard will blow 

 itself out to-night, so that we may have easy going 

 to-morrow. Wild is much better to-day, and went 

 his ordinary food. We had fried pony for dinner to-night, 

 and raw pony frozen on the march. The going is very 

 good, but we can only afford a little oil to cook up the 

 meat for meals. 



November 25. — Started at 8 a.m. this morning in 

 fairly good weather. The wind has gone during the 

 night, leaving our tents drifted up with fine snow. 

 The land was obscured nearly all day, but towards the 

 evening it cleared and we could see the details of the 

 coast. There appears to be a series of inlets and capes 

 opening at all angles, and with no fixed coast-line, 

 though the lofty range of mountains continues to the 

 south with a very slight trend to the eastward. The 

 surface of the Barrier was very trying to-day, for the 

 snow had no consistency and slipped away as one trod 

 on it. It was not so trying for the ponies, and they did 

 17 miles 1600 yards. We had frozen raw pony meat 

 to eat on the march, and a good hoosh of pony meat 

 and pemmican for dinner. Wild is practically all 

 right, and Adams finds a wisdom tooth growing in 

 place of the one he lost. Our eyes are not too comfort- 

 able just now. It is a wonderful place we are in, all 

 new to the world, and yet I feel that I cannot describe 

 it. There is an impression of limitless solitude about it 

 all that makes us feel so small as we trudge along, 

 a few dark specks on the snowy plain, and watch the 

 new land appear. 



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