The
top had been taken down, but in the first course of stones, covered and
protected by those thrown from the top, he found a piece of paper with
a carefully drawn hand upon it, the index finger pointing at the time
in a southerly direction. The bottom part of the paper, on which rested
the stone that held it in place, had completely rotted off, so that if
there had ever been any writing upon it, that, too, had disappeared. He
called Frank to his assistance, and they spent several hours in
carefully examining the vicinity, without discovering anything else. It
would seem, however, that whatever memorandum or guide it was intended
for was only temporary, and was probably put there by some surveying or
hunting party from the ships.
We encamped on a point below Cape Maria Louisa, after our next march,
and after erecting the tent Owanork found a cache on the flats
containing a wooden canteen, barrel-shaped, marked on one side
NO. 3,
and on the other,
G. B.,
under the Queen's broad arrow. There were also the staves of another
canteen, a small keg, a tin powder can, several red cans marked
GOLDNER'S PATENT,
a narrow-bladed axe, several broken porter and wine bottles stamped
BRISTOL GLASS-WORKS.
and a few barrel staves. The cache was one evidently made by Netchillik
Inuits, who had found the things along the coast.
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