Animal life, so far as the feathered tribes were concerned, appeared in abundance. The lively little rotges or little auks (_Alca alle_) were seen in frequent clusters diving quickly under water as the ship approached. Looms (_Uria Brunnichii_), dovekies (_Uria grylle_), and king-ducks (_Somateria spectabilis_), alarmed at our appearance, rose in long flights, and circled around us uttering their discordant cries. The glaucous gull and the pretty kittiwake (_Larus tridactylus_) soared above our heads, whilst occasionally a graceful ivory gull (_Larus eburneus_) flapped its way leisurely along, its snowy wings contrasting with the background of clear blue sky. Here and there, on small fragments of floating ice, were seen huge walruses basking in the golden sunshine. Amid such scenes, which to be realized must be seen, the two vessels wended their way towards the entrance of Smith Sound, all elated with the fair prospect that was before them and hopeful for the future. At half-past seven on the morning of the 28th of July both ships came to an anchor in Hartstene Bay, more commonly known as Port Foulke, the harbour in which Dr. Hayes wintered in 1860. FOOTNOTE: [1] The Cary Islands consist of a group of eight islands, besides small rocks or islets, and are situated in Baffin Bay, in lat. 76° 45´ N. They vary in size from two and a half miles in diameter downwards. They are composed of syenitic and porphyritic granite, overlaid in places with gneiss. They rise to a height of about 400 feet above the level of the sea, and possess a luxuriant vegetation, at least for these regions. They are much frequented as breeding places by the eider-ducks and looms. CHAPTER V. SMITH SOUND. "Now far he sweeps, where scarce a summer smiles, On Behring's rocks, or Greenland's naked isles. Cold on his midnight watch the breezes blow, From wastes that slumber in eternal snow, And waft across the waves' tumultuous roar The wolf's long howl from Oonalaska's shore." CAMPBELL.