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the ravine near the W. cape of the large bay, at which place we en¬ 
camped, as I wished to take solar bearings from this position. Before 
supper, I returned to the cache, a distance of seven miles, in order to 
procure some articles we had forgotten. 
June 9.—This morning the thermometer stood at 30°, with a 
clouded sky and a cool breeze from the S.W. We left at 7.20 A.M., 
and, crossing the ice-foot about a mile from our encampment, started 
across the bay for the low point of land on the opposite side of it. At 
noon I took solar bearings of the prominent points in the interior of 
the bay. 
After nine hours 7 travel over hummocks and deep snow, we reached 
a point of land ruuning out into the bay about a mile and a half. 
From this point a crack twelve feet wide ran in a northerly direction 
into the bay. This we crossed on the ice-foot, and encamped on the 
opposite side. Thomas is better, and Morton and Biley complained 
less of their eyes. Mr. McGary is no better. I here took an observa¬ 
tion for longitude. Thermometer at 34°. 
June 10.—Just after midnight, while asleep in our tent, we were 
suddenly surprised by a visit from a bear. Mr. McGary was awakened 
by the scratching of the snow near his head. He soon aroused us; 
but, to our consternation, there was not a gun within reach, they having 
been carelessly left on the sledge. In the mean time the bear had 
walked leisurely around the tent, and finally thrust his head inside, 
when we assailed him with burning matches and paper without effect. 
Thomas, with more presence of mind than any of us, proposed to cut a 
hole in the back part of the tent and get the boat-hook. The bear 
was at this time eatiug the remainder of our seal, which we had buried 
in the snow in front of our tent-door. Thomas rushed out and struck 
him on the nose with the boat-hook, which forced him to recede to the 
other side of the sledge. He then seized the rifle and handed it to me. 
The bear had gone about twenty-five yards from us when I fired and 
sent the ball through his lungs. He ran about a hundred yards and 
fell dead. We then skinned him, and at the expiration of two hours 
were ready to turn in again. 
We rested longer than usual, and, after breakfast, cut up the bear, 
took part of the hind-quarters, and left the remainder for the dogs 
when they should arrive. 
We travelled over very deep snow, and, after crossing two cracks, 
encamped at 3 p.m. Mr. McGary’s eyes are so much worse as to ren¬ 
der him entirely blind. He also suffers from pain in his legs. Riley's 
