CHAPTER XIII 



ADVENTURES BY LAND AND SEA. 



STARTING southward down the coast of Hudson Bay 

 on the 13th of September, with the weather beautifully 

 calm, we made a capital run past a rocky coast, skirted 

 by a succession of shoals and reefs, and at night camped 

 upon the shore about twelve miles north of Marble 

 Island, whose snow-white hills of quartzite could be 

 distinctly seen on the horizon. 



Marble Island so called because of the resemblance 

 its rounded glaciated rocky hills bear to white marble 

 is well-known as a wintering station for New Eng- 

 land whalers. Its geographical position was determined 

 in 1885 and 1886 by Commander Gordon, of the Domin- 

 ion Government Hudson Bay Expedition, of which the 

 writer was a member, so we were glad to avail our- 

 selves of the opportunity of connecting our survey with 

 so well-fixed a landmark. 



We had been informed by the Eskimos that there 

 were no whalers now at the island, and we satisfied our- 

 selves of the truth of their report by the use of our 

 long-range binoculars. Had there been we would have 

 endeavored to arrange with one of them to take us down 

 to Churchill, but in their absence we could only stick to 

 the canoes. Near camp, on the shore, we found part of 



