. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. ike porridge—so thick, indeed, that a boat might aswell be pulled through a lake of tar as through sludge. THE ICE-PACK. 4,35 make passage over it, down through soft snow we went till ourfeet rested on stones, which sometimes proved firm and sometimesproved man-traps. Now and then we sunk thigh deep, our feetdropping into chinks, and becoming quite firmly wedged we wound our zigzag way up the steep mountain, I was ex-pecting every moment that my volunteer companion would refuseto go farther, but in this I was happily mistaken. He w
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. ike porridge—so thick, indeed, that a boat might aswell be pulled through a lake of tar as through sludge. THE ICE-PACK. 4,35 make passage over it, down through soft snow we went till ourfeet rested on stones, which sometimes proved firm and sometimesproved man-traps. Now and then we sunk thigh deep, our feetdropping into chinks, and becoming quite firmly wedged we wound our zigzag way up the steep mountain, I was ex-pecting every moment that my volunteer companion would refuseto go farther, but in this I was happily mistaken. He was amatch for me. I was rejoiced to find, as we drew near the top, that the snowbecame sufficiently hard to bear us up, thus enabling us to makebetter progress. The summit was finally reached, and a momentslook around was sufficient to repay me for all the efforts I hadmade to gain that point. Field Bay, Daviss Strait, FrobishcrBay, and Kingaite were within sight. I was surprised at theheight we had evidently gained. Lady Franklin Island, out in. 1 BAT AND DAVIS S tiTCAIT, BBOU T11K UE1UUT8 liV UAVaKD TAYLOB 1AbS. Daviss Strait, Monumental Island, and the islands of the extremeland between Frobisher Bay and Field Bay, which I visited lastwinter, loomed up as I had never seen them before at so great adistance from them, showing that the high land on which I waswas high indeed. <:I took the spy-glass, and proceeded to make a prolonged ob-servation. I first directed the glass toward the vessel, whichwas at a distance of seven miles; I then directed it to DavisVStrait. This I saw was filled with a heavy pack. I swept withthe instrument along down said strait to the extremity of Halls 456 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. Island. No black -water—naught but pack, pack; met my view !I was somewhat surprised at this, but thought that perhaps to Captain B this would be but a familiar, every-year affair. The sequel to this will be soon written. I asked my Innuit attendant to take
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