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ing a salt goose : at least that is what the Hudson's Bay people have 

 handed down from one generation to another to the present time. 

 On one of these rocks is the figure of a man hanging to the gallows, 

 under which are the words, " John Kelley, from the Isle of Wight." 

 On other rocks are the names: "Robert Smith, 1776," "Robert 

 Fowler, 1776," "Richard J. Johnson, 1753," "SI. Hearne, July, 

 1767." This is probably the father of the Hearne who abandoned 

 Fort Prince of Wales in 1782. There is also the name of " George 

 Taylor, 1787," and the inscription: "Furnace and Discovery, 1741." 

 It will be remembered that these were the two vessels brought out 

 by Captain Middleton in his unsuccessful attempt to find the north- 

 west passage in the year named. After visiting Churchill he went 

 as far as Repulse Bay, and then returned home, where he was 

 severely taken to task for his great lack of energy in prosecuting 

 the work of the expedition. 



We carried away from old Fort Prince of Wales two or three 

 cannon shot each, and returned to the ship about six o'clock, well 

 satisfied with our excursion. 



