HAKLUYT AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 
45 
tcrs:—an admirable day’s run; and so ends the 5th of 
August. We are standing along, with studding-sails 
set, and open water before us, fast nearing our scene 
of labor. We have already got to work sewing up 
blanket bags and preparing sledges for our campaign¬ 
ings on the ice.” 
We reached Hakluyt Island in the course of the next 
day. I have only this wood-cut to give an idea of its 
HAKLUYT POINT, FROM NORTH-NORTHWEST. 
northern face. The tall spire, probably of gneiss, rises 
six hundred feet above the water-level, and is a valuable 
landmark for very many miles around. We were des¬ 
tined to become familiar with it before leaving this 
region. Both it and Northumberland, to the southeast 
of it, afforded studies of color that would have re¬ 
warded an artist. The red snow was diversified with 
large surfaces of beautifully-green mosses and alope- 
