Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River : and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years, 1833, 1834, and 1835 . splintery quartz, whilst these consisted wholly ofa dark grey felspar with minute granular quartz,and perhaps hornblende. Among the debris onthe beach, it was not a little surprising to findfragments of limestone, though no rocks of thatformation had yet been passed. The following day brought no change for thebetter; for the north-east wind had packed theice still closer to the shore. As it was thereforeimpossible to move, I took the oppo
Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River : and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years, 1833, 1834, and 1835 . splintery quartz, whilst these consisted wholly ofa dark grey felspar with minute granular quartz,and perhaps hornblende. Among the debris onthe beach, it was not a little surprising to findfragments of limestone, though no rocks of thatformation had yet been passed. The following day brought no change for thebetter; for the north-east wind had packed theice still closer to the shore. As it was thereforeimpossible to move, I took the opportunity ofmaking some further observations on the dip andmagnetic intensity, which latter showed a lessinterval; an anomaly ascribable perhaps to thedifference of situation, as in this instance thestand was placed on a sandy beach, removedsixty or seventy yards from the nearest rocks,whereas on the former it stood on the very baseof the rock where we were encamped. It isnecessary to remark, however, that the smallestpiece of iron deranged the needles, especiallyHansteens; and I have reason to believe thateven my brace-buckles caused a material differ-. MONTREAL ISLAND. 399 ence. Towards night some men, who had beendespatched to the westward, reported that wewere not on the main shore, but on a large islandadjoining to it; a discovery which they had ac-cidentally made by following two deer until theyswam across the narrow channel of this I called the place Montreal Island,in commemoration of the attention we had re-ceived from the public-spirited and hospitableinhabitants of that city; and as well from the ex-istence of an inner passage, as from my own ob-servation of the ice, I began again to entertain ahope that a south-west gale would clear a wayfor us, though in the direction towards which wewere bound there was at present one compactmass before us to the horizon. A tide-pole whichwe set up showed a rise of twelve inches; thehighest being at llh 40m a. m., an
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