APPENDIX NO. Y. 
365 
Selected Longitudes. 
June 9, 
Chronometer. 
h. m. s. 
10 39 16 
10 44 29 
Double Altitude, 
o 1 
43 18*5 0 
43 54-8 © 
Index Error — 3*0 
June 14, 
Chronometer. 
Double Altitude. 
h. m. 
h. m. s. 
o r 
(7 30 P.M.) 
11 64 58 
36 43*5 0 
11 67 49 
* 
37 31-8 0 
Index Error — 3-5 
June 15, 
Chronometer. 
Double Altitude. 
h. m. 
h. m. s. 
o ; 
(7 40 A.M.) 
11 69 20 
54 42-3 © 
12 5 10 
56 16-3 O 
Index Error — 3*9. 
Report of a Sledge Journey to the Northwest Coasts of Smith's 
Strait by Dr. 1.1 Hayes and William Godfrey. 
To Dr. E. K. Kane, U.S.N. 
Sir :—I have the honor respectfully to submit the following report 
of a journey made by me under your orders for the purpose of de¬ 
termining the northern coasts of Smith’s Strait:— 
May 20.—I left the vessel at 2.30 P.M., accompanied by William 
Godfrey, seaman. Our equipment was as follows:—a light sledge and 
team of seven dogs, 80 lbs. of pemmican, 16 lbs. of bread, 18 lbs. of 
lard and rope-yarn for fuel ) a reindeer-skin sleeping-bag for each, a 
lamp and pot for cooking, sextant, pocket-compass, telescope, Sharpe’s 
rifle, two extra pairs of stockings and one of boots for each. 
For the first ten miles our course lay nearly due N., after which we 
encountered ridges of hummock running parallel with the axis of the 
channel, and through which we worked our way by running off a little 
to the eastward. Halted at 8 P.M., having made about fifteen miles. 
May 21.—Started at 6 A.M.; the travelling generally smooth, with 
