202 GRIXNEI.L land; OR. 
land exeuision from Point Innes on the 27 th of Au- 
gast, and has reoeived the name of Gritfin Inlet. The 
small island mentioned betore was called Murdangh'a 
Island, after the acting master of the Advance. 
“ The eastern shore of Wellington Channel appear- 
ed to run parallel ■with the western; but it became 
qiiite low, and, bemg covered with snow, could not be 
distinguished with certaintv, so that its continuitv 
with the high land to the north was not ascertained.'’ 
These discoveries, with the exception of Wurdaugh 
Island, present themselves on the English maps in 
new forms and with diderent names. I do not refer 
to those which were published in the newspapers 
and by the HydoDgraphie Office in September, ISol ; 
though in both of them the name of Prince .Albert has 
the place w hich our commander had inscribed a year 
before with that of 3Ir. Giinnell: the authors of these 
two charts could hardly have been informed of the 
American discoveries. I regret that there is not an 
equally obWous apology for those who hare followed 
since. 
ilr. Arrowsmith's map of the Discoveries in the 
Arctic Seas” bears the date of the -list of October, 
l&ol ; though it was not completed, in tact, for sev- 
eral weeks alterward. This is clear from some of the 
discoveries it records ; particularly those oi Dr. Rae, 
which were first announced to the Admiralt)" on the 
10th of Xovember.* The hydrographical map of the 
British Admiralty, with a similar title, is dated in 
April. lS-52. Both of these documents reassert the 
name of Albert Land for the large tract of high lands^ 
seen by us to the north. In the former, Arrowsmith's, 
♦ See Remarts made at the meeting of the Xational lusmcte at Wsshrcgton. 
m May, Ia5J, the PreaiieEt of the iBatiloie. Peter Force, Esq 
