now stood, as far as the eye could see
to the north-west, lay a large extent of ice-covered sea, studded with
innumerable islands. Lord Mayor's Bay was before him, and the islands
were those named by Sir John Ross 'The Sons of the Clergy of the Church
of Scotland.'

"The isthmus which connects the land to the northward with Boothia Felix
is only one mile broad, and, judging by the number of stone marks set up
on it, it appeared to him to be a favourite resort of the natives. Its
latitude is 69 deg. 31' north; longitude, by account, 91 deg. 29' 30" west.

"After taking possession of his discoveries with the usual formalities,
the Doctor returned to his quarters on the island above-mentioned,
where, as they were all more or less affected with snow-blindness, and
the dogs were still weak, they remained on the island, which he found
to be situated in latitude 68 deg. 53' 44" north; longitude, by account, 89 deg.
56' 00" west. It is formed almost entirely of granite, and is upwards
of seven hundred and thirty feet above the level of the sea. From the
highest point of it, he obtained a fine view of the bay, and was thus
saved the trouble of tracing its shores. It extends sixteen or eighteen
miles to the southward, and contains a number of rocky islands, the
highest of them being that on which they encamped. The bay was named
Pelly Bay, after the governor of the company; and the group of islands,
Harrison Islands.

"The party, on their return, traced the shores of the tracts across
which they had made overland journeys when coming out. The country was
low, flat, and very regular in outline. They arrived at Repulse Bay on
the 5th of May, all safe and well, but as black as negroes, from the
combined effects of frost-bites and oil-smoke. The Doctor subsequently
traced the west shore of Melville Bay, and for that purpose started on
the evening of the 13th of May.

"The nature of the service, and the hardships to be endured on such
expeditions, may be understood from the few short extracts from the
report in reference to this last exploring visit:--'Our snow-house, on
the 25th, was built in lat. 68 deg. 48' N., long. 85 deg. 4' W., near a small
stream, frozen (like all others that we had passed) to the bottom. We
had not yet obtained a drop of water of nature's thawing, and fuel
being rather a scarce article, we sometimes took small kettles of snow
under the blanket with us, to thaw it with the heat of our bodies.
Leaving two m