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vision at a distance of ten paces from its centre, 
bearing by compass, E. by N. i N. The point on 
which this cache stood I subsequently named after 
Mr. Bonsall, one of the indefatigable leaders of the 
party. 
I will give the geographical outline of the track of 
this party in a subsequent part of this narrative, when 
I have spoken of the after-travel and surveys which 
confirmed and defined it. But X should do injustice 
both to their exertions and to the results of them, 
were I to omit mention of the difficulties which they 
encountered. 
On the twenty-fifth day of their outward journey 
they met a great glacier, which I shall describe here¬ 
after. It checked their course along the Greenland 
coast abruptly; but they still endeavored to make 
their way outside its edge to seaward, with the com¬ 
mendable object of seeking a more northern point for 
the provision depot. This journey was along the base 
of an icy Avail, which constantly threAV off its dis¬ 
charging bergs, breaking up the ice for miles around, 
and compelling the party to ferry themselves and their 
sledge over the cracks by rafts of ice. 
One of these incidents I give nearly in the language 
of Mr. Bonsall. 
They had camped, on the night of 5th October, 
under the lee of some large icebergs, and within hear¬ 
ing of the grand artillery of the glacier. The floe on 
which their tent Avas pitched Avas of recent and trans¬ 
parent ice; and the party, too tired to seek a safer 
