. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. At its northern extremity,on the brink of a deep ravine wdiich has worn its wayamong the ruins, there stands a solitary column orminaret-tower, as sharply finished as if it had beencast for the Place Vendome. Yet the length of theshaft alone is four hundred and eighty feet; and itrises on a plinth or pedestal itself two hundred andeighty feet high. I remember well the emotions of my party as itfirst broke upon our view. Cold and sick as I was, Ibrought back a sketch of it, which may have inter
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. At its northern extremity,on the brink of a deep ravine wdiich has worn its wayamong the ruins, there stands a solitary column orminaret-tower, as sharply finished as if it had beencast for the Place Vendome. Yet the length of theshaft alone is four hundred and eighty feet; and itrises on a plinth or pedestal itself two hundred andeighty feet high. I remember well the emotions of my party as itfirst broke upon our view. Cold and sick as I was, Ibrought back a sketch of it, which may have interestfor the reader, though it scarcely suggests the imposingdignity of this magnificent landmark. Those who arehappily familiar with the writings of Tennyson, andhave communed with his spirit in the solitudes of awilderness, will apprehend the impulse that inscribedthe scene with his name. Still beyond this, comes the archipelago which bearsthe name of our brig, studded with the names of thoseon board of her who adhered to all the fortunes of theexpedition; and at its eastern cape spreads out the. J\>l (i^:; f>ij li ^5;? jV f-1 V THE GREAT GLACIER. 225 Great GLacier of Humljoldt. My recollections of thisglacier are very distinct. The day was beautifullyclear on which I first saw it; and I have a number ofsketches made as we drove along in view of its mag-nificent face. They disappoint me, giving too muchwhite surface and badly-fading distances, the gran-deur of the few bold and simple lines of nature beingalmost entirely lost. I will not attempt to do better by florid only rhapsodize about Niagara and the notes speak simply of the long ever-shining lineof cliff diminished to a well-pointed wedge in the per-spective ; and again, of the face of glistening ice,sweeping in a long curve from the low interior, thefacets in front intensely illuminated by the this line of cliff rose in solid glassy wall threehundred feet above the water-level, with
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