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CHAP. IX. 



VOYAGE CONTINUED ALONG THE COAST. — FRANKLIN BAY. 



MELVILLE HILLS. — POINT STIVENS. SELL WOOD BAY. — CAPE 



PARRY, — COCKED-HAT POINT, CACHE OF PEMICAN, ICE 



PACKS, ARCHWAY. BURROW's ISLANDS. DARNLEY BAY, 



CLAPPERTON ISLAND, CAPE LYON. POINT PEARCE. — POINT 



KEATS. POINT DEAS THOMPSON, SILURIAN STRATA. — ROS- 



COE RIVER. POINT DE WITT CLINTON. FURROWED CLIFFS. 



MELVILLE RANGE. POINT TINNEY. BUCHANAN RIVER, 



DRIFT ICE. — CROKER's RIVER. POINT CLIFTON, — INMAN's 



RIVEK. POINT AVISE, HOPPNER RIVER, WOLLASTON LAND. 



CAPE YOUNG, STAPYLTON BAY. CAPE HOPE. CAPE 



BEXLEY. ICE FLOES. POINT COCKBURN. A STORM. 



CHANTRY ISLAND. — SALMON. — LAMBERT ISLAJ^D. LEAVE A 



BOAT, CAPE KRUSENSTERN. DETAINED BY ICE. — BASIL 



hall's bay. CAPE IIEARNE. — PECULIAR SEVERITY OF THE 



SEASON. CONJECTURES RESPECTING THE DISCOVERY SHIPS. 



RESOURCES OF A PARTY ENCLOSED BY ICE AMONG THE 



ARCTIC ISLANDS. GENERAL REFLECTIONS. 



August llt\ 1848 We sailed along the coast all 



day with a light breeze, and in the afternoon eleven 

 Eskimos came off from the shore and sold us some 

 deers' meat. A woman of the party ran for two 

 miles along the beach in the hope of receiving a 

 present, and, when quite exhausted with her exer- 

 tions, stripped oiF her boots to barter with us. One 

 of the men in the kaiyaks brought them off, but, 

 as they were too small for any of our crew, we 

 returned them with a present of more than their 

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