. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. encampment, ourstarting-point on this flying trip, which we had left on the 8th in-stant. At 5 17 we 5eft Cape Vanderbilt, purposing to travelall night. Our course was almost in line with Cape Hill,!| whichis tbe south termination of Chase Island.^ * Named after Cornelius C. and Richard Poillon, of New York. This cape is inlat. G3° 11 N., long. 67° 49 W. t Named after Thomas W. Newell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The north cape of thissound is Cape Poillon, the south cape Cape Vanderbilt. t Named after the house of Benjamin Pike & Sons, of New
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. encampment, ourstarting-point on this flying trip, which we had left on the 8th in-stant. At 5 17 we 5eft Cape Vanderbilt, purposing to travelall night. Our course was almost in line with Cape Hill,!| whichis tbe south termination of Chase Island.^ * Named after Cornelius C. and Richard Poillon, of New York. This cape is inlat. G3° 11 N., long. 67° 49 W. t Named after Thomas W. Newell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The north cape of thissound is Cape Poillon, the south cape Cape Vanderbilt. t Named after the house of Benjamin Pike & Sons, of New York. The centre ofthis island is in lat. 63° 13 N, long. G7° 44 \V. § Named after Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York. This cape is in lat. G3° 0730 N., long. 67° 34 W. See Chart. I! Named after George H. Hill, of Cincinnati, Ohio. This cape is in lat. G2°54N., long. 66° 37 W. % Named after Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio. It is one of the first group in middleof Frobisher Bay. The centre of this island is in lat. G2° oS N., long. 66° 45 A SCENE OF GRANDEUR. 539 Never shall I forget that night. It was very cold, and we saton the sledge well clothed in furs, while the dogs flew merrily andat their most rapid rate. Occupying a place in the rear of all therest, where all was clear for action, with the box chronometer un-der my eye, I threw the log every ten minutes, holding the reelup in my right hand.* We all felt the cold severely, and had re-course to various contrivances to keep some warmth in our doubt I presented rather a grotesque appearance as I sat withnative stockings on my hands now and then instead of outsidemittens. Toward midnight we felt the want of shelter and rest;but, in my own case, all sense of discomfort was banished by thebeauty which Nature placed before me. The grandeur of Kin-gaites grotto mountains that we were leaving behind us, withtheir contrasts of light and shade, as viewed in the night, andwatched as light increased with advancing da
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