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ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. 



of great exertion and perseverance, digging through the frozen 

 ground — in obtaining several good specimens of the coal inter- 

 locked with moss, grass, and shrubs. 



The weather was not propitious on the morning of September 

 25th, but the Innuits were anxious to get away, and I had to sub- 

 mit. While the boat was being prepared, I went to the highest 

 part of the island and took some bearings by compass, and carried 

 with me, on my return to the boat, more coal and other relics to 

 take home. Miner and his crew were not ready, owing to some 

 of their dogs being missing ; but I hurried off, hoping to induce 

 my companions to stop once more at Kodlunarn on the way. 



This I was fortunately able to do. I concluded an arrange- 

 ment with them to stay there for a short time, for which favor I 

 had to give to Koojesse five boxes of percussion caps, Koodloo 

 two, and Charley two. I could not leave this locality without, if 

 possible, making another examination of the "White Man's Isl- 

 and." Moreover, I wanted additional relics from the stone house ; 

 and, also, to take some measurements and bearings. According- 

 ly, after leaving Niountelik, our course was taken direct to Kod- 

 lunarn Island, where we landed at the same place as before, and 

 I at once began to examine this interesting locality. I made a 

 very close and minute inspection, taking measurements of dis- 

 tances, so as to be quite sure of the data from which my deduc- 

 tions could be drawn. Kough outline sketches were also made 

 on the spot, and every thing was done to insure correctness in my 

 notes and observations. The plan of the island, which is incor- 

 porated in the chart accompanying this volume, will better serve 

 to convey the general facts to the reader than the most labored 

 description with the pen. 



The result of this, my second examination of Kodlunarn, 

 brought to light new facts in connection with the past. A piece 

 of iron, semi-spherical in shape, weighing twenty pounds, was dis- 

 covered under the stone that had been excavated for the "ship's 

 way," and many other small pieces were also found at the head 

 of the trench. Fragments of tile were found all over the island, 

 and numerous other relics, indicating that civilized men had visit- 

 ed the place very many years ago. 



The large piece of iron was found in the following manner : 

 Koojesse and I had been examining the " ship's trench" to see 

 how high up in it the tide at full and change rose, and then, leav- 

 ing him to search for relics, I ascended the eastern bank, and walk- 



