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animals, for their tracks were very numerous, and 
even without these indications it might be inferred 
that it is a place likely to be resorted to both by 
deer, and musk-oxen, as it afforded the best pas- 
turage of any place that I have yet seen on this 
island. At eleven o’clock we pitched our tents, 
and dined. 
Tuesday, 13th. — Instead of resuming our jour- 
ney this morning, as usual after dinner, it was 
determined not to start until the evening, in order 
to employ the forenoon in examining the valley 
and the shore of the gulf, in this neighbourhood, 
more particularly, as being places where we were 
likely to meet with objects of interest; and the 
sequel will show that our anticipations were re- 
alized, and consequently that our delay was amply 
repaid. Our success in the sporting way was not 
indeed so great as we expected, for a few ptarmi- 
gans and a golden-plover were all that we killed ; 
but we had the satisfaction of finding, that much 
more might be done, as we saw no fewer than thir- 
teen deer in one herd, and a musk-ox was also seen 
for the first time this season. But what is still more 
interesting, we found that this island had been 
inhabited at some period or other: for we found 
the remains of six Esquimaux huts, at the distance 
of two hundred and fifty, or three hundred yards 
from the beach, on a stony eminence on the south- 
east side of the valley. They resembled, in every 
respect, the ruins which we met with, and were 
described on the 28th of last August, and also the 
Esquimaux huts which we saw the year before in 
Baffin’s Bay ; being composed of rough stones, and 
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