APPENDIX NO. Y. 
363 
drifts, which had four or five inches of water under them. This tra¬ 
velling continued for thirty or forty miles at a time, wetting our feet 
and causing the sledgo to sink in to the bottom. The water was 
standing in pools in all directions, and surrounding every hummock. 
VVe made to-day about twelve miles. We started this morning at ten 
o’clock, and pushed on toward Coffee Gorge, the land-ice being covered 
with ponds. About three o'clock we passed the gorge, and encamped 
at the Black Cliff, two miles south of it, at 4 a.m. of June 26. We 
started this afternoon at three o'clock, and, after sighting the vessel, a 
thick fog set in, which very materially obscured our vision; but by 
following our old tracks we crossed the bay and reached the vessel at 
7 p.m. Yours, &c., A. Bonsall. 
To Dr. E. K. Kane, Commanding Arctic Expedition. 
July 8, 1854. 
Abstract of Journal of Messrs. Bonsall and Me Gary, June, 1854. 
Date. 
Time of 
Starting. 
Time of 
Halting. 
True Course. 
® a 
aJi 
Sa 
Temperature. 
JIKMAKKS. 
5.2 
Morning. 
Evening 
June 4 
h. m. 
4 30 Jp.M. 
h. m. 
8 30 p.m. 
N.N.E. 
7 
+26° 
Strong N. wind. 
a 
5 
7 45 A.M. 
4 30 p.m. 
N.E.£E. 
16 
+25° 
+27° 
Crossed Glacier Bay. 
tt 
6 
7 30 a.m. 
6 0 p.m. 
N.E. by E. 
13 
+15° 
+23° 
Crossed bay. 
a 
r 
8 0 A.M. 
5 0 p.m. 
E.N.E. 
20 
+24° 
4-35° 
Light N. wind in tho 
u 
8 
12 0 m. 
E.N.E. 
7 
+28° 
morning. 
Camped at W. cape 
a 
9 
7 0 A.M. 
4 0 p.m. 
E.N.E. 
12 
+30° 
+36° 
of bay. 
Breeze W.—Crossed 
a 
10 
3 0 p.m. 
E.N.E. 
7 
+30° 
bay. 
« «« 
a 
11 
3 0 p.m. 
10 0 P.M. 
E.N.E. 
10 
+43° 
+43° 
a a 
u 
12 
12 Om. 
1 30 p.m. 
E.N.E. 
2 
... 
+34° 
Reached Cache No. 
2. 
Reached Cache Is- 
u 
13 
10 0 A.M. 
6 0 p.m. 
E.N.E. 
14 
+40° 
+40° 
a 
14 
+46° 
+37° 
land. 
Remained at Cache 
a 
15 
+42° 
Island. 
Attempted to ascend 
u 
16 
4-49° 
glacier. 
a a 
u 
17 
... 
... 
... 
a a 
a 
38 
0 30 A.M. 
7 30 a.m. 
W.S.W. 
12 
... 
... 
Started on return. 
a 
18 
9 0 p.m. 
5 30 a.m. 
W.S.W. 
13 
... 
U U 
a 
19 
9 0 P.M. 
5 0 A.M. 
W.S.W. 
12 
... 
Crossed bay. 
u 
20 
9 30 P.M. 
5 0 A.M. 
W.S.W. 
20 
... 
Reach od Dr. Kano’s 
a 
21 
11 0 P.M. 
6 0 A.M. 
W.S.W. 
10 
Cache. 
a 
22 
9 0 r.M. 
2 30 a.m. 
W.S.W. 
7 
... 
... 
Blowing a gale. 
a 
23 
10 0 P.M. 
6 30 A.M. 
S.W. by W. 
14 
... 
... 
Crossed bay. 
u 
24 
9 0 r.M. 
4 30 a.m. 
S.AV.iW. 
13 
... 
... 
Crossed Glacier Bay. 
a 
25 
10 0 P.M. 
4 0 A.M. 
S.W. 
12 
... 
... 
Camped two miles S 
a 
26 
3 0 p.m. 
7 0 p.m. 
S.S.W. 
6 
... 
... 
Coffee Gorge. 
Reached tho brig. 
