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before Iligliuk, and drawing roughly on a large 

 scale an outline of the land about Repulse Bay and 

 Lyon Inlet, and continuing it northerly to the pre- 

 sent winter station of the ships. The scale being 

 large, it was necessary when she came to the end of 

 one piece of paper to tack on another, till at length 

 she had filled ten or twelve sheets, and had com- 

 pletely lost sight of Winter Island at the other end 

 of the table. Two charts, one made by Iligliuk for 

 Commander Lyon, are given (in the volume) on a 

 reduced scale ; and very extraordinary they are, con- 

 taining, though with much error, a general correct 

 view of the coast, and of its communication with the 

 western coast of the Polar Sea. Parry says, — 



" Being extremely desirous of obtaining more certain 

 information on this part of the subject, it occurred to me to 

 attempt the thing with Iligliuk on a smaller scale, such as 

 might enable her to keep in view, at the same time, every 

 part of the coast to be delineated. This attempt was also 

 much favoured by our having lately obtained the Esquimaux 

 words for the four cardinal points of the horizon, which 

 were, therefore, previously laid down by lines on the chart. 

 Having in addition to this delineated the usual portion of 

 the coast, and made Iligliuk ' box the compass' repeatedly, 

 so as to render her quite familiar with the exact relative 

 position of the lands we had laid down, we desired her to 

 complete the rest, and to do it mikkee (small), when, with a 

 countenance of the most grave attention and peculiar intelli- 

 gence, she drew the coast of the continent beyond her own 

 country, as lying nearly north from Winter Island. The 

 most important part still remained, and it would have amused 

 an unconcerned looker-on to have observed the anxiety and 



