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July 18 Point Hope
Came to anchor just to the S. and inside this cape to take shelter from a gale which increased in violence all night and this morning was blowing hard almost ahead with frequent snow squalls and the thermometer down to 39° Fahr. As we came in under the point we found the barque sea breeze bying at anchor she having taken  7 whales and has just returned from above Icy Cape when she was whaling until 3 days ago when the ice was drifted in from and she ran down here to avoid it and to ride out the North N.W.-gale which had been blowing the last day or two. The ice is well to the N. and the season open favorable for whaling. Some natives came off in [strikethrough]][[umiak]][[strikethrough]] an umiate from shore and sold a few things such as ivory and whale bone (the main things they secure here).

The wind increased all day & was blowing a heavy gale in the eve and very cold and raw-though the sun was shining through the hazy fogginess in the atmosphere. About 3 pm. Captain H. Prof M. and I went on shore and had a long tiresome walk of a mile and a half along the track of gravel & small loose pebbles which with sand forms the whole of the low flat point near which extends from the base of the mountains out about 10 to 12 miles with a nearly equal breadth at base.  About a mile [[strikethrough]] inland [[//strikethrough]] inside the village and on the N. shore of point is the grave yard which is a mile long & contains many graves and apparently, as seen from a distance a number of elevated boxes but the time on shore was unfortunately limited so that it was impossible for me to visit it. 
From the time of our anchoring till we went ashore a crowd of 20 

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