32 THE NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. aground in this valley of the fiord, nor, according to informa- tion obtained from the residents, have they been seen grounded in that channel. These operations occupied us till November 2nd, when winter had fairly set in. The temperatures were lower than are usually experienced in midwinter, and the fiord, which seldom freezes, was already covered with thin ice for sixteen miles from the head. Nevertheless, I had intended, had we been all on board, to have proceeded with the last of the moon to Parmiedluk, in order also to examine Illoa Fiord, but our anxiously-expected travelling-party from the inlancl-ice had not returned, and I immediately left the ship with boat and sledge in search of them, and found them at Igalikko. We all returned on board on Nov. 6th. All surveying operations for this season were now at an end : the moon had gone, and the new ice, forming fast inside the islands, put a stop to further navigation upon the coast; and as it was also too late to get into Hamilton Inlet, I deter- mined at once to proceed to England, and accordingly on Nov. 8th sailed from Julianshaab, passed through some drift- ice in the night, and, after a fair run under canvas across the Atlantic, anchored in Portland Roads on Nov. 23rd. I much regret that the unusual severity of the season, and the consequent uncertainty of the navigation, prevented my car- rying out our earnest desires to meet Sir Leopold M'Clintock. This Report, and my previous letters, though necessarily brief, will show that my decided opinion (so far as we have been upon that route) is favourable to the practicability of the undertaking; and that Julianshaab will, under all circum- stances, be well adapted for the reception of the cable. With regard to the operation of laying the cable, I consider that no apprehension may be felt on that point, for the sudden disap- pearance which we witnessed of the ice from the coast, and from the ice usually dispersing from the south-east shores of Greenland in the autumnal months, opportunities will always

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