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the smooth ice for two miles, when we came to more thin ice, but by 
careful search and trial found a place sufficiently strong to bear us. 
At this point we found au open crack running off shore, and were forced 
to unship the cargo from the sledge and get it upon the land-ice, on 
which we progressed with difficulty about a mile, when we found it 
necessary to divide, our load and transport half of it at a time. In this 
manner we travelled until 6 P.M., when we encamped on the land-ice,' 
and Mr. McGary and one of the men returned about four miles to 
procure water. 
September 24, Saturday.—Started at 7.30 a.m., and found, after 
walking a few hundred paces, that we should be able to regain the floe- 
ice. This occupied us about an hour and a half. The ice was from 
twelve to sixteen inches thick. Encamped at 5 P.M. about ten miles 
from Chimney Ilock. 
September 25, Sunday.—We did not start till 9 a.m., as it was Sun¬ 
day. We then pushed forward toward Cape Russell over old floe-ice 
well covered with snow and quite smooth. About 2 P.M. we made 
the cairn, and proceeded to cache the pemmican, (bag No. 5, weight 
105 lbs.,) also one-half of our meal and half a bag of bread, at the 
base of the rock on which the cairn is built, being about one thousand 
paces from a prominent cape, and the same distance from the cape 
west of it. Encamped near the cliffs at 4 F.M., having travelled about 
fourteen miles. We took no observations, the weather being cloudy. 
September 26, Monday.—-We started at 7.30 a.m., and, having 
smooth ice, made about two and a half miles per hour. The coast has 
nearly the same trend as that of yesterday, (E.S.E.) About 11 a.m. 
we discovered a deep gorge runuiug into the land, and stopped there a 
short time to find water, but without success. We named this spot 
“ Sunny Gorge;” as its course was S.E. and N.W., the sun shone 
directly upon it, while at the same time we were in the shadow of the 
cliffs. We discovered the remains of five Esquimaux huts, which, 
though very old and in ruins, appeared to be larger and better con¬ 
structed than any we had seen before. We also met with our first 
bear tracks to-day; but they were apparently a week old. This morn¬ 
ing our cook shot a silver-gray fox near our tent. During the night 
the wind blew quite strong from the E., and this morning changed 
to N.E. with a light breeze; but I took compass-bearings and approxi¬ 
mate distances of the most prominent objects along the line of coast. 
At noon when we halted for dinner we were forced to melt ice to drink, 
as we were very thirsty. At 4 P. M. we came to some running water 
in a gorge, the first we had seen since we left Glacier Bay From this 
