SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND 
CHAPTER II. 
WINTER QUARTERS AT FULLERTON. 
THE Neptune had safely arrived at Fullerton harbour on the 
23rd September, and had dropped anchor close alongside the 
Era. Major Moodie, after looking over the ground, decided 
to erect a Police Post on the large island at the rear of the har- 
bour. The lumber for the building was immediately landed, 
and before the ship left for Chesterfield inlet the frame of the 
dwelling had been erected and its sides partly boarded. 
The harbour of Fullerton is formed by a number of small 
islands, situated on the east side at the mouth of a long bay, 
