CONTEXTS. JX 



Desolate Scenery. — Detained by the Ice Cascades. 



— Land-marks. — Contraction of the River. — Baillie's 

 River. — Flocks of Geese. — Tact requisite in Command. 



— Precipitous Rocks. — A Fox. — Esquimaux Marks. — 

 Bullen River. — A Storm. — Lake Pelly. — Conjectures 

 of an Indian. — Encampment. — View of the Country. — ■ 

 Further Obstructions. — Observations. — Lake Garry 



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CHAP. XI. 



Gigantic Boulders. — Danger from the Rapids. — Course of 

 the River. — Lake Macdougall. — Hazardous Passage. — 

 Sinclair's Falls. — Northerly Bend of the River. — Mount 

 Meadowbank. — Altitude of the Rocks. — The Trap Form- 

 ation. — M c Kay's Peak. — Lake Franklin. — Extrica- 

 tion from Peril. — Sluggishness of the Compass. — Esqui- 

 maux. — Portrait of a Female. — Victoria Headland. — 

 Mouth of the Thlew-ee-choh. — Cockburn Bay. — Point 

 Backhouse. — Irby and Mangles' Bay. — Point Beaufort. 

 Our Progress arrested. — Montreal Island. — A Musk Ox 

 killed. — Birds on the Island. — Elliot Bay. — M c Kay, etc. 

 sent along the Coast. — Esquimaux Encampment. — Cape 

 Hay. — Point Ogle. — Progress obstructed by the Ice. — 

 A Piece of Drift-wood found. — Ross Island. — Dis- 

 coveries by Mr. King. — Magnetic Observations. — Point 

 Richardson. — Point Hardy. — Conjectures as to a N. W. 

 Passage and Channel to Regent's Inlet - - 353 



CHAP. XII. 



Exhilarating Influence of a Hunting Excursion. — Removal 

 of the Esquimaux. — Leave them a Bag of Pemmican. — 



Accident to the Boat. — Inundation of the Country. 



Discovery of Esquimaux. — Wise Man of the Tribe. 

 — Critical Position in the Rapids. — A Storm. — Ad- 

 venture of a Lemming. — Encamp at Musk-ox Rapid. — 

 Meeting with Mr. M<Leod. — Fate of Williamson. — The 



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