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After leaving tlicm we pursued a northerly course nearly parallel 
with the glacier, and from live to seven miles distant from it, according 
to the condition of the ice. » 
The snow was deep and free from hummocks; but, as the travelling 
was very heavy, we averaged only about three and a half miles per 
hour; which, in a continued journey of seven and a half hours, made 
our total distance but little more than twenty-six miles. 
The appearance of the glacier is accurately described in Mr. Bon- 
sall’s report. 
When about twelve miles out I took a back-bearing to Cache Island, 
and found it N. 284° E. magn. (N. 176° E. true.) We encamped at 
8 A.M., our course having been N. 103° E. magn. (N. 5° W. true.) 
A back-bearing from the camp to Cache Island gave N. 285° E. magn. 
(N. 177° E. true.) 
We started again at 9.30 P.M., and halted at midnight in order to 
take observations. 
June 19.—We resumed our journey at 1 a.m. During three suc¬ 
cessive hours the travelling was very heavy: the sledge would some¬ 
times be buried in the snow, notwithstanding all our exertions to pre¬ 
vent it. Afterward the travelling became better, and we moved off 
at the rate of four miles per hour until 4.20 a.m., when we were sud¬ 
denly checked by meeting the barrier of icebergs mentioned by Mr. 
Bonsall in his journey in September, 1853. The icebergs and hum¬ 
mocks were so close together that wo could not see one hundred yards 
in any direction. We pursued a westerly .course about five miles along 
the edge of the hummocks and icebergs, when we discovered an open¬ 
ing between them, which we entered, and after a short circuitous route 
struck again on the right course. We halted at 5.45 a.m., and after 
supper climbed a high iceberg to select our course for the next day. 
From this point I discovered some rocks projecting from the face of 
the glacier, and also some hills on its surface. The sun was so much 
obscured that I could not obtain a solar bearing. 
At 10.30 p.m. we resumed our journey, our course being N. 76° E. 
magn. (N. 32° W. true;) but at the end of three miles our progress was 
arrested by icebergs, buramocks, and cracks. We therefore \?cre forced 
to retrace our steps, and at midnight arrived agaiu at our hist encamp¬ 
ment. We then followed a westerly course, and four miles brought 
us to a group of icebergs, between which we found great difficulty in 
making our way, having to ferry ourselves occasionally over the nume¬ 
rous lanes of water, or to make bridges over them from the floe-pieces 
which were piled up in hummocks on the edges of the cracks. 
