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Greenland Eskimos' language. Sacheuse declared that 
the tradition of his people was that they came from the 
north and pointing to the newly-discovered men, ex- 
claimed, "These are our fathers." Captain Ross gave 
them the name of Arctic Highlanders, and called the 
heights at the back, from Wolstenholme Sound of Baffin 
to Melville Bay, the Duneira Mountains. 
The expedition then proceeded northwards, re-dis- 
covering Wolstenholme and Whale Sounds, and the Cary 
Islands. But here Captain Ross began to make fatal 
mistakes. He passed too far south of Sir Thomas Smith's 
Sound of Baffin to ascertain whether it was a channel, 
though he named the two points at the entrance after 
his two ships. It was the same with Sir Francis Jones's 
Sound. He entered and advanced some distance up 
Sir James Lancaster's Sound, but unfortunately he 
fancied that he saw high land across it, which he named 
the Croker Mountains after the Secretary to the Admiralty. 
He then sent Lieut. Parry, Captain Sabine, and a party 
on shore at a point on the south side of Lancaster Sound, 
which he named Cape Byam Martin, to take possession 
and make collections. This practically brought their 
work to an end, and a homeward course was set. 
On his return Captain Ross wrote in the highest terms 
of the correctness of Baffin's latitudes, and quite restored 
the good name of that illustrious navigator. 
The mistakes of Captain Ross may well be forgiven, 
for his expedition was in many ways most fruitful in 
results. Among other researches, he took special pains to 
obtain specimens from great depths. For this purpose 
he invented a very ingenious contrivance which he called 
a deep sea clam, and on the 1st of September, 1818, in 
73° 37' N. he brought up a beautiful Caput medusae in 
1000 fathoms. It was the first time any animal was 
brought up from anything approaching this depth. 
A new and very interesting gull was also discovered by 
Captain Sabine on an island in Melville Bay, the Xema 
sabinii, usually found associated with the Arctic tern. 
The most important results of Ross's expedition, 
however, were the restitution of Baffin's good name as 
a navigator and discoverer, the discovery of the Arctic 
Highlanders, and the training of several young naval 
