baillie's river. SS5 



it was not the The-lew, however much that opi- 

 nion might be at variance with the accounts we 

 had received from the Indians.* Whatever it 

 was, it received the name of Baillie's River, 

 after my worthy friend, George Baillie, Esquire, 

 Asrent General for Crown Colonies. Not a 

 great way from this we encamped ; and some 

 explanations having been made to the crew, as 

 to the caution which the smallness of our number 

 rendered necessary, a regular watch was estab- 

 lished, in which Mr. King undertook to look 

 out from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., the usual hour of 

 starting. 



The following morning, instead of gaining to 

 the westward, which various gleams of open 

 water in that direction had again led us to hope, 

 the river turned short round to the eastward; but 

 after three or four miles, again resumed its old 

 course. Sand-banks and islands were constantly 

 met with; and from our ignorance of the channels 

 between them, we were repeatedly aground. In 

 these cases, the people had to wade until the boat 

 again floated freely, with the chance of being 

 thrown into the same situation ten minutes after- 

 wards. Since the junction of Baillie's River, 

 the stream had sensibly widened ; and had it 

 not been for the strong current, might have been 



* From a minute inquiry made afterwards, I have every 

 reason to believe that the The-lew falls into Chesterfield 

 Inlet. 



