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[[left page]] only a few lines of hardy mosses have foothold- The Island forms an angle as follows [[drawing]] [[caption]] Mt. Hooper Cain Landing Sounded alongside Is. 21 fathoms, Temp of water at bottom 31 degrees Water at surface 34 degrees[[/caption]] There is a [[strikethrough]][[shame?]]a place to land on either side of the neck which is only 300 to 400 ft high & is the mark of an old glacier course as is a second parallel cut off marked N. A shoal makes off the W. end of Island- While we were on top the ice was drifting by to the North a mile an hour on both sides of the island E. & western- And as far as could be seen to the N- the ice was loose & scattered [[/left page]] [[right page]] From the SW. side we had a fine view of [[Wraingel?]] Land Bearings' of the two extreme points visible & descending on both sides abruptly to the water so to appear like an Island were SW. to W. by S. magnetic. The coast land as we saw it appeared a tolerably uniform range of hills 25 to 30 miles long backed by higher & more irregular mts. inland. As far as we could see toward this land the ice bore the same character as that through which we had steamed [[crossed out]] going to [[/crossed out]] Coming to the Is. A few snow Buntings were seen on the summit of the Is- + numerous tracks of [[crossed out]] fox [[/crossed out]] White foxes- Not an insect observed The Island is a barren [[crossed out]] rock [[/crossed out]] mass of [[strikethrough]] gran [[/strikethrough]] Coarse granite [[/right page]