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of the sea, magnified to them by their 

 novelty. 



The shores between Cape Barrow and 

 Cape Flinders, including the extensive 

 branches of Arctic and Melville Sounds, 

 and Bathurst's Inlet, may be comprehended 

 in one great gulf, which I have distin- 

 guished by the appellation of George IV's 

 Coronation Gulf, in honour of His Most 

 Gracious Majesty, the latter name being 

 added to mark the time of its discovery. 

 The Archipelago of islands which fringe 

 the coast from Copper-Mine River to Point 

 Turnagain, I have named in honour of his 

 Royal Highness the Duke of York. 



It may be deserving of notice that the 

 extremes in temperature of the sea water 

 during our voyage were 53° and 35°, but 

 its general temperature was between 43° 

 and 48°. Throughout our return from 

 Point Turnagain we observed that the sea 

 had risen several feet above marks left at 

 our former encampments. This may, per- 

 haps, be attributed to the north-west gales. 



August 26. — Previous to our departure 



