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termining its complete insularity occurred. About 
ten leagues north-west, true, from Cape Hooker, 
a bold promontory was discovered, and named af¬ 
ter Captain Ross, the commander of the first of 
the recent expeditions towards the north-west, 
and surveyor of Baffin’s Bay; but it could not be 
ascertained whether this cape belonged to Jame¬ 
son’s Land, or to some other distinct region. 
From Cape Brewster, the southern coast of 
Scoresby’s Sound was seen to extend W. and 
WNW., true, for about fifty miles, where the 
most distant point (which was named after Mr Ro¬ 
bert Stevenson, civil-engineer), was observed. 
The width of the Sound, included between this 
coast and Jameson’s Land, is about fourteen 
miles, the narrowest part being in the meridian 
of Cape Hooker. To the westward, of this, it ex¬ 
pands into a sea, supposed to be twenty-five miles 
broad, which is divided into two branches by a 
large and very distant tract of land, lying nearly 
in the middle, to which I gave the name of 
Milne Land, in compliment to Sir David 
Milne. 
The south-eastern point of Milne Land was 
named Cape Leslie, in compliment to the Pro¬ 
fessor of Natural Philosophy in the Edinburgh 
College. Between this headland and Cape Ste¬ 
venson, the main Sound continues its penetration 
