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in the Western Arctic Sea. 107 Arriving at the point at 5 A. M. the gulf or inlet seemed to ex tend a good way eastward, near probably to our northward track, it was resolved to cross it over the ice, dividing the journey, by steering first for the island in the middle, which we reached after walking 5 miles at ^ A. M. Landing at the SE. part of the island, which Captain Parry named after Mr. Hooper, purser of the Hecla, one of the men going to drink from a little pool on the surface found it sufficiently salt. The tents were pitched under the highest part of the island, which rises nearly perpendicular about seven hundred feet: a commanding view of the gulf was taken with the glass; and it was named Liddou’s Gulf, after the comman der of the Griper. From 5 to 7 leagues westward it seemed to terminate at two headlands, to be named after Lieutenants Beechey of the Hecla, and Hoppner of the Griper: the former cape bearing from the island S. 86° W., and the latter S. 65° W. The north coast of the gulf being the southern termination of the Blue Hills, is much more elevated and precipitous than the south coast. Hooper’s Island consists of the usual stratified sandstone ; but on the summit appeared a great deal of clay ironstone of various shades, from deep brown to dark blue. Pieces of calca reous spar were found on the beach. The lat. is 7^° 05' 18", the long. 111° 56 1 58 ', variation of the needle 123° 47' 58". Remaining in this barren spot till 6 P. M. we set out on the ice, on which the snow was so softened by the sun that, loaded as we were, we sunk up to the knees, and after much labour got to the land at half past 8, having walked only miles. On landing saw two deer, but too shy for our purpose, and took our course to south-east along a bank between the gulf, and a small lagoon communicating with it. On this bank found the root and a yard length of a small pine-tree, fifteen feet above the present level of the sea. Found, also, the skeleton of a musk ox fast frozen into the ground, and the horns of rein-deer. The soil here is rich, producing abundantly fine moss, grass, saxifrage, and poppy. From different marks this spot seemed to be a favourite feeding place for musk-oxen, deer, and hares. Halted at lit P. M. the night very clear and fine; and remained a day in the hope of obtaining specimens of tbe different animals inhabitants of the island. Tuesday 13th, our sportsmen were early out, and had a shot at a musk-ox feeding, but without apparently wounding him, on which he set off at a smart space over the bills. This animal is, in appearance, very ill-proportioned, for the hair of his body descends so low, that the legs seem to be only a few inches in length ; and, from what was found from time to time in his track, it is evident that, when running, he treads upon the hair at almost every step: he, nevertheless, gets over the ground with much more speed than would be expected. In the pursuit he