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Discovery of the "Saviksue".
When turning over in my mind the project for my 1891-92
Expedition to Whale Sound, the discovery of the Cape York aerolites
was naturally one of the attractions of this region, and during the
winter at Redcliffe House I obtained from the natives considerable
information in regard to them. I learned that they had been visit-
ed by many of the present generation of the natives, and I promised
one of the young men of the tribe a gun if he would guide me to
h
them when my party returned soutward.
The lateness of the season, thick weather, and the presence
1892
of much ice when the "Kite" steamed southward past Cape York, render-
ed any delay inadvisable, and the attempt was abandoned for the
time.
Again in 1893-94 the discovery of these aerolites had
its place in the schedule of work which I hoped to accomplish,
and when on the 1st of August, '93, my ship, the "Falcon" dropped
anchor in side of Cape York, after the quiskest passage on record
through Melville Bay (24 hrs. 50 min. ) and from the summit of Cape
York itself I saw the coast to the eastward apparently free from
heavy ice, I hesitated for some time before deciding that it was
not advisable to risk any delay through or interference with, the
to
main object of my expedition by taking the "Falcon" out of her
course.
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