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land to the main : so that often mistaking them 

 for islands, we were led by a circuitous route 

 round the bays. Cliffs were numerous on the 

 islands, which were all of the trap formation. 



At seven, a thunder-storm coming on, we en- 

 camped at the mouth of a river about eiglity 

 yards wide and set four nets. This stream, 

 which has received the name of Wentzel, after 

 our late companion, discharges a considerable 

 body of water. Its banks are sandy and clothed 

 with herbage. The Esquimaux had recently 

 piled up some drift timber here. A few ducks, 

 ravens, and snow birds were seen to-day. The 

 distance we made was thirty-one miles. 



Juli/ 25.— We had constant rain with thunder 

 durmg the night. The nets furnished only three 

 salmon-trout. We attributed the want of greater 

 success to the entrance of some seals into the 

 mouth of the river. Embarking at six A M we 

 paddled against a cold breeze, until the spreading 

 of a thick fog caused us to land. The rocks here 

 consisted of a beautiful mixture of red and gray 

 granite, traversed from north to south by veins of 

 red felspar, which were crossed in various di- 

 rections by smaller veins filled with the same 

 substance. 



At noon the wind coming from a favourable 

 quarter tempted us to proceed, although the fog 



