In the Ar\ 



er of the Esquimaux, which discharges its wal 

 into this bay, appears to be narrow, ami much inter- 

 rupted by rapids. Tin: fishing-nets were ^<t, bui they 

 obtained only one white fish ami a few bull-hea 

 This part of the coast i-^ the mosl Bterile and inhospi- 

 table that can be imagined. One trap cliff suca 

 another with ;i tiresome uniformity, and their debris 

 cover tin 1 narrow valleys that intervene, to the exclu- 

 sion of every kind of herbage. From the summit of 

 these eliii's the ice appeared in every direction. 



The wind abating, at eight P.M. we re-embarked, 

 and soon afterwards discovered, on an island, a rein- 

 deer, which the interpreters fortunately killed. 1! 

 Burning our voyage we were much impeded by the ; 

 and, at length, being unable to force a : 



a close stream that had collected round a cape, we 

 put ashore at four A.M. On the 24th, several stone 



fox-traps, and other traces of the Esquimaux, v 



sen near to the encampment The horizontal refr - 

 tion varied bo much this morning, that the upper 

 limb of the sun twice appeared at the horizon l» I 



it iinally i 



For the last two days the water rose and fell about 

 nine inehes. The tides, however, seemed to be i 

 jular, and we could i: mine the directioi 



the ebb or flood. A current setting to the eastward 



was running about two miles an hour during our stay. 



