/// tin Arctic Regions. 



find the beach Btrewed with abundance <»i Bmall drift- 

 w 1, Qone of it recent, 



It may be remarked that the Copper-Mine River 



not bringdown any drift-wood ; nor doea any 



other known stream, except Mackenzie's River; bence, 



from its appearance on this part of the coast, an 



erly currenl may be inferred. This evening we were 



all in high glee at tin- progress we had made ; the 



disappearance of the ice, ami the continuance of the 



land in an eastern direction, and our future prospects 



(uiuied an enlivening subjcci of conversation. The 



. .meter varied during the day between 43° and 



The fishing neis were set, hut produced nothing. 



On the 22d we embarked at four A.M., and having 

 the hen' lit of a light breeze continued our voyage 

 along thecoast, under sail, until eleven, when we halt- 

 ed to breakfast, and to obtain the latitude. Thecoasl 

 1 1 1 » to this point presented the same general appear- 

 ance b lay, namely, a gravelly or sandy beach, 

 skirted by green plains ; hut as we proceeded, the 

 shore became excei dingly rocky and Bterile ; and, at 

 last, proj cting considerably to the northward, it form- 

 ed a high and Bteep promontory. Some Ice had drift- 

 ed down upon this cape, which we feared mighl check 

 our progi oing was fin . 

 tured upon pushing the canoes through the small 



channels formed among it After pursuing this kind 



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