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saw the island of Resolution. On the 31st they 

 came in sight of Buttons Isles, and the next day 

 stood across and got into a good harhour on the 

 north-west side of the island of Resolution, whose 

 longitude was ascertained, by observation, to be 

 66° 35' W. from London, and the variation of the 

 compass 24"" 6' W. Standing to the northward 

 they came to a cluster of islands in Lumley's 

 inlet, to which they gave tlie name of Savage 

 Islands ; why, is not very clear, because though 

 they observed on some of them many tents and 

 canoes, and dogs, they saw no people. On ascend- 

 ing a hill, however, they discovered a large boat 

 on the water with fourteen people in it. " Among 

 the tents I found," says Baffin, *' a little bagge, in 

 which was a company of little images of men ; 

 one the imao-e of a woman with a child at her 

 backe, all the which I brought away." The dogs, 

 to the amount of thirty-five or forty, were most of 

 them muzzled, and are described as a sort of " mun- 

 o-rele mastiffes, beino- of a brinded blacke colour 

 looking almost like wolves." These dogs draw 

 their sleds over the ice, and they draw with collars 

 and other furniture. 



In the narrow passages between these islands the 

 ship was frequently set fast in the ice, which some- 

 times entirely choked up those straits. Here 

 Baffin observes, that he saw the sun and the moon 

 at the same time, which is not unusual in fair 

 weather; and this gave him an opportunity of 



