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tor an equivalent, and Avould be content to return home 

 bareheaded like his companions. There was a hunch-back 

 among the number about fourteen years of age. (Plate 

 XV.) There was no difference whatever in their dresses. 



in the western region a stormy blue aggregation, which would 

 portend a stiff wind from that quarter. The land at times loaded 

 with mist, but mostly clear to the eastward : on a sudden a mass of 

 purplish-brown cirrostratus arose on the horizon in W. S. W., and this 

 was followed by a fine fi-esh breeze from the same point, when imme- 

 diately the cloud of stormy blue assumed a creamy hue : at ten p. m. 

 abreast of Sugar-loaf Bay, which lies in latitude by observation 

 73° 50' N. thirty-six ships in sight. 



The islands forming the southern wing of Sugar-loaf Bay are 

 called the Seal Islands, from the great number of those animals 

 formerly found there, from which haunt the fi-equent visits of the 

 whale ships, and the persevering pursuit of the Uskee-me, have 

 expelled tliem. The mountain which gives name to this bay is of a 

 conical form, of which the above sketch gives an accurate view. 

 This hUl owes its distinguished elevation more to its standing alone, 

 and to the flatness of the adjacent lands, than to its proper height. 

 Four small islands lie near its base, which are a favourite retreat of 

 the eider duck. 



