April, 1S60.] Arrival at Christie Lake. 245 



heads, notwithstanding which Ebierbing rewarded the an-ge-lio hy 

 getting for him one of Hall's hand-saws and presenting liiiii with liis 

 own gun. 



On the 15th the sledge parties arrived at the place marked on the 

 map to be found in Chapter XIII, " Encampment 33" The mother 

 of the sick babe, " Little King William," had now been persuaded to 

 permit the further "exhibiting" of medicines, and to trust Hall's judg- 

 ment that the child would be in as fair way of recovery if borne in 

 her hood on the sled as if kept in the snow house. The heavier loads 

 being again pushed forward, the parties in charge made their next 

 deposit on the crown of the land a little beyond the end of Christie Lake, 

 and halted here, not knowing the route further toward Ak-koo-lee — 

 Committee Bay. Mam-mark was looked to for their guide when they 

 should resume their journey, as she alone knew the northern route. 

 Hall believed that the point reached was the " Flett" land of Dr. Rae; 

 and from this point, if Mam-marJc's guidance failed, he could go for- 

 ward safely by the aid of Rae's chart. At the Lower Narrows many 

 deer had been seen, the spot being a famous one for the number of 

 these animals, which, while crossing in their season from one sheet of 

 water to the other, are speared by the Innuits from their ki-as. 



In letters written to Mr. Grinnell, Mr. Brevoort, and Captains 

 Chapel, Kilmer, and White, Hall stated with care the places of his 

 record-deposits, and what disposition he desired should be made of 

 them if looked for ; adding that he must be absent from Repulse Bay 

 till the following spring, and perhaps for another year. The records 

 of his work at Repulse Bay would be found, as heretofore named, at 

 the base of Beacon Hill; those which he hoped to make on King 



