^ VISIT FROM 



1824. SIX feet at the foot, and having a clip of thir- 

 August. teen feet. The gut of which it was composed 

 was in four-inch breadths^ neatly sewed with 

 thread of the same material, and the whole 

 sail only weighed three pounds three-quarters. 

 As w^e stood in for the land the kayaks ac- 

 companied us for some time ; and when every 

 thing had been sold^ a couple of them lay qui- 

 etly towing along-side. One of the men was 

 Kee-poong-ai-li^ and he informed me that the 

 whole of his tribe^ with the exception of the 

 old and sick, who were not numerous, had been 

 off with every boat in their possession. Their 

 settlement was in the bay immediately behind 

 the North Bluff, but I could not obtain the 

 name of the place, owing to the wittiness of 

 my friend, who, observing that its length made 

 it difficult of pronunciation, amused himself by 

 repeating it quicker each time that I asked to 

 hear it again. He informed me that musk 

 oxen, deer, and the usual sea-animals abounded 

 there, as well as fish, which, from the descrip- 

 tion, I should suppose to be salmon. Kee- 

 poong-ai-li appeared much amused when I in- 

 formed him that I had seen '^In-nu*" last year, 

 and that their country was very far off; but 



* A name by \vhich the Esqiiimaux distinguish them- 

 selves, signifying, " The man," par excellence. 



