Chapter XXVII: Homeward Bound

Cape Isabella, 357; letters from home, 358; bad weather, 359; Whale Sound, 359; off Lancaster Sound, 360; reappearance of fulmar petrels, 361; reach Godhavn, 362; receive letters from England, 363; leave Godhavn, 363; Egedesminde, 364; sight the "Pandora," 366; arrive at Valentia, 367; at Queenstown, 367; welcome home, 368.

INDEX _Page_ 371

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FULL-PAGE PLATES.

PAGE
"ALERT" AND "DISCOVERY" _Frontispiece_
POLAR BEARS _To face_ 46
WINTER QUARTERS H.M.S. "ALERT" 151
HIGHEST NORTHERN CAMP 308
REDUCING A FLOE-BERG 349
H.M.S. "ALERT" FORCED ON SHORE 351

SMALLER WOODCUTS.

SEALS BASKING ON THE ICE 23
ESKIMO WOMEN 28
WALRUSES 75
CAPE HAWKS 84
PLAN OF ICE DOCK 88
"THE MOANING OF THE TIED" 89
MUSK OXEN 105
KNOTS 111
DOG-SLEDGE IN DIFFICULTIES 131
START OF THE AUTUMN SLEDGES 143
DIAGRAM OF MAGNETIC OBSERVATORIES 153
FLAG-STAFF POINT (CAPE SHERIDAN) 155
ROYAL ARCTIC THEATRE--SCENE FROM "ALADDIN
AND THE WONDERFUL SCAMP" 170
NELLIE 189
LEMMINGS 212
CAIRN HILL 220
SLEDGE UNDER SAIL 231
DOGS AND SLEDGE 247
GETTING READY TO "BAG" 269
CHART OF OUTWARD AND RETURN TRACKS 274
INTERIOR OF TENT 280
A PACKED SLEDGE 281
SNOW-BUNTING 319
BRENT-GOOSE AND EIDER-DUCKS 340
ALLMAN BAY 355
FULMAR PETRELS ("MOLLIES") 361
FAREWELL! 369

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MAP SHOWING THE DISCOVERIES OF THE ARCTIC
EXPEDITION, 1875-6 _To face_ 1

THE GREAT FROZEN SEA.