CHAPTER XXVI. 
SUTHERLAND ISLAND- HAKLUYT ISLAND — NORTHUMBERLAND 
ISLAND—FITZ-CLARENCE ROCK—DALRYMPLE ROCK—GIVING OUT 
-BREAK-UP OF THE FLOE — BROKEN DOWN — WEARY MAN’S 
REST-THE FOURTH-SHORT COMMONS. 
Tiie gale died away to a calm, and the water became 
as tranquil as if the gale had never been. All hands 
were called to prepare for embarking. The boats were 
stowed, and the cargo divided between them equally; 
the sledges unlaslied and slung outside the gunwales; 
and on Tuesday the 19tli, at 4 p.m., with the bay as 
smooth as a garden-lake, I put off in the Faith. She 
was followed by the Red Eric on our quarter, and the 
Hope astern. In the Faith I had with me Mr. McGary, 
and Petersen, Hickey, Stephenson, and Whipple. Mr. 
Brooks was in the Hope, with Hayes, Sontag, Morton, 
Goodfellow, and Blake. Bonsall, Riley, and Godfrey 
made the crew of the Eric. 
The wind freshened as we doubled the westernmost 
point of Cape Alexander, and, as we looked out on the 
expanse of the sound, we saw the kittiwakes and the 
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