. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 8^ V '!i;in:ll|l< 'llhilli â â â ' ' '!:,ii m 'M W* jir ,â ' yil < 1'' ||i*''' l^b ^^rivill iji S^9||'1' '1'; i W' K Rii! 280 voya(;e to TIM-: roLAii sea. April doubts as to wlicthcr advautjige liad not been taken of the day to lioax us. However, wlien walkinuj to Black Cape we observed the unniistakiible footi)rints of a woH", Avliic'h considerably exceeded in si/.e those
. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 8^ V '!i;in:ll|l< 'llhilli â â â ' ' '!:,ii m 'M W* jir ,â ' yil < 1'' ||i*''' l^b ^^rivill iji S^9||'1' '1'; i W' K Rii! 280 voya(;e to TIM-: roLAii sea. April doubts as to wlicthcr advautjige liad not been taken of the day to lioax us. However, wlien walkinuj to Black Cape we observed the unniistakiible footi)rints of a woH", Avliic'h considerably exceeded in si/.e those of the iai-gest of our Eskimo dogs. Later in the day more than one of these animals were seen in the vicinity of the shi|), and in the afternoon Frederick came across the recent traces of three musk-oxen. A party from. lUn/.KN IIKAKI). the ship at onc^e started in pursuit of them, but were unsuccessful : evidently the wolves are following the musk-oxen. ' The [)enunican biscuits, ])rei)ared at the recom- mendation of Mr. Thomas Grant are much liked; the sledge ci-ews are supplied with a quantity of them instead of the ordinary shij)'s biscuit. ' During the last few days officers and men have clipped all the hair off their faces i-(\uly for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915; Feilden, H. W. (Henry Wemyss). London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
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