. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. TRACKING ALONG THE ICE-SELT. The decided inclination to the eastward which theshore shows here is important as a geographical fea-ture ; but it has made our progress to the actual northmuch less than our wearily-earned miles should countfor us. Our latitude, determined by the suns lowerculmination, if such a term can be applied to his mid-night depression, gives 78° 41. We are farther north,therefore, than any of our predecessors, except Parryon his Spitzbergen foot-tramp. There are those with
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. TRACKING ALONG THE ICE-SELT. The decided inclination to the eastward which theshore shows here is important as a geographical fea-ture ; but it has made our progress to the actual northmuch less than our wearily-earned miles should countfor us. Our latitude, determined by the suns lowerculmination, if such a term can be applied to his mid-night depression, gives 78° 41. We are farther north,therefore, than any of our predecessors, except Parryon his Spitzbergen foot-tramp. There are those withwhom, no matter how insuperable the obstacle, fliilureinvolves disgrace: we are safe at least from theircensure. i 80 INSPECTING A HARBOR. Last night I sent out Messrs. Wilson, Petersen, andBonsall, to inspect a harbor which seems to lie betweena small island and a valley that forms the inner slopeof our bay. They report recent traces of deer, andbrins; back the skull of a musk SYLVIA HEADLAND—INSPECTING A HARBOR. Hitherto this animal has never been seen east ofMelville Island. But his being here does not surpriseme. The migratory passages of the reindeer, who iseven less Arctic in his range than the musk ox, led meto expect it. The fact points to some probable landconnection between Greenland and America, or an ap- THE MUSK OX. 81 proach sufficiently close to allow these animals to mi-grate between the two. The head is that of a male, well-marked, but old;the teeth deficient, but the horns very perfect. Theselast measure two feet three inches across from tip totip, and are each one foot ten inches in length mea-sured to the medium line of the forehead, up to whichthey are continued in the characteristic boss or pro-
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