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the expeditions of Martin Frobisher. On the left were several 

 channels of open water. Before and around me were several ice- 

 bergs frozen in the pack — one berg in particular being very mag- 

 nificent in appearance, and resembling a Gothic church. 



We had now advanced about six miles from Jones's Tower, 

 and had reached Cape Daly,* when the rugged character of the 

 ice hindered our farther progress with the sledge. Koodloo and 

 I therefore walked ahead inland about half a mile to "prospect," 

 and, arriving upon an eminence at the opposite side of the cape, 

 we thence saw that we might have better traveling by rounding it 

 and reaching the other side. Accordingly, we returned to the 

 sledge and refreshed ourselves with a feast of raw seal. 



The wind greatly increasing in violence made traveling still 

 more arduous, but we were determined to persevere, and so we 

 rounded the cape, but with great difficulty, owing to hummocky 

 ice and deep, soft snow. Cape Daly is the termination of a neck 

 of land distinguished by a remarkable gap in its ridge. 



Resuming our proper course, we hurried forward toward an- 

 other cape — Cape Hayesf — the most northerly point of Hudson's 

 Island.:}: There we again prospected, and found it would be im- 

 possible to proceed farther with the sledge on account of the 

 hummocky ice in our way. 



Hall's Island at this time was less than two miles distant ; but 

 to reach it by our present course, on the northern side of Hud- 

 son's Island, was an utter impossibility, in consequence of the 

 indescribably rugged ice with which M'Clintock Channel § was 

 firmly packed. 



While examining Cape Hayes we came to circles of stones, evi- 

 dently placed there many years ago by the Innuits that formerly 

 inhabited this now forsaken land ; but beyond this, nothing worthy 

 of note was to be seen. We therefore returned to the sledge, and 



* Named in honor of Judge Charles P. Daly, of New York City. Cape Daly is in 

 lat. 62° 35' N., long. 64° 21' W. 



f I have named this cape after 1. 1. Hayes, surgeon of the second Grinnell expe- 

 dition. Cape Hayes is a low point of land flanked by a high ridge of rugged rocks, 

 and is the north extreme of Hudson's Island. 



t Hudson's Island, so called in honor of Frederick Hudson, of New York, a strong 

 friend of arctic explorations. The centre of this island is in lat. 62° 34' N., long. 

 64° 8' W. Its length is about three miles, extending north and south ; width, two 

 miles. 



§ The channel between Hall's Island of Frobisher and Hudson's Island (vide 

 Chart) I have denominated M'Clintock Channel, after Captain (now Sir Leopold) 

 M'Clintock. commander of the yacht Fox in search for Sir John Franklin in 1857-9. 



