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Rh most were far off. Prominent among these were the Monumental Island of Sir John Franklin, twenty miles distant, bearing E.S.E. (true), and Lady Franklin Island, nearly due east, while far away to the north were Cape Murchison, Brevoort Island, Robinson Sound, Beekman's Peninsula, Archibald Promontory, and Cape Arnoux. A channel or strait, which I named Anderson Channel, leading from Robinson Sound up toward Northumberland Inlet, was lost to my view by the high land of Beekman's Peninsula. The observations I made at this point were quite numerous and important. On the following day (27th) we continued our return, and at 5 arrived at the ship, where Captain B, with four of the crew, had arrived the day previous from Cape True. On the 30th of June I started on a sledge trip to Cape True, where most of the officers and crew of the George Henry were yet staying. There I remained for several days, trying to form a company of natives to go with me by boat to Countess of Warwick's Sound. I succeeded in obtaining a company of eleven, consisting of Miner and his new wife "Suzhi"—my old boat companion on my voyage up Frobisher Bay—Kooperneung and his two wives—for he had recently married