ESQUIMAUX GRAVE. 



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considered by ns as the robin of these dreary 1824. 

 wilds, and its lively chirp and fearless conti- August. 

 dence have rendered it respected by the most 

 hungry sportsmen. I conld not on this occa- 

 sion view its little nest, placed on the breast of 

 infancy, without wishing that I possessed the 

 power of poetically expressing the feelings it 

 excited. Both graves lay north-east and south- 

 west. Before going on board I placed boaid- 

 ing-pikes, men's and women's knives, and 

 other articles, which might be useful to the poor 

 Esquimaux, on the huts and various piles of 

 stones. 



The beach, above high water-mark, is com- 

 posed of large masses of shingle lime-stone, in 

 which were several imperfect fossil remains, 

 and a few pieces of madrepore were also picked 

 up. The greatest attraction, however, was 

 in the quantity of fine flints and pretty veined 

 agates, which lay broken all along the beach. 

 It would appear from the w^eapons found on 

 this day, as well as others purchased before, 

 that the natives only make use of the dark- 

 coloured flints, which may be in consequence 

 of their finding the veined stones more liable 

 to split. 



The whole country is very flat, full of shal- 

 low lakes and swamps, and near the huts, the 



