CHAPTER Y. 
CRIMSON CLIFFS OF BEVERLEY-HAKLUYT AND NORTHUMBERLAND 
—RED SNOW — THE OATES OF SMITHES STRAITS — CAPE ALEXAN¬ 
DER— CAPE HATHERTON-FAREWELL CAIRN-LIFE-BOAT DEPOT 
— ESQUIMAUX RUINS FOUND — GRAVES — FLAGSTAFF POINT. 
My diary continues :— 
“We passed the c Crimson Cliffs’ of Sir John Ross in 
the forenoon of August 5th. The patches of red snow, 
from which they derive their name, could be seen 
clearly at the distance of ten miles from the coast. It 
had a fine deep rose hue, not at all like the brown 
stain which I noticed when I was here before. All the 
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gorges and ravines in which the snows had lodged Avere 
deeply tinted with it. I had no difficulty noAv in justi¬ 
fying the somewhat poetical nomenclature which Sir 
John Franklin applied to this locality; for if the snowy 
surface Avere more diffused, as it is no doubt earlier in 
the season, crimson AA r ould be the prevailing color. 
“Late at night aa t c passed Conical Rock, the most 
insulated and conspicuous landmark of this coast; and, 
still later, Wostenholm and Saunders Islands, and 
Oomenak, the place of the ‘North Star’s’ winter-quar- 
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