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the eastern Bhore of Ar • d, distinguished by 



the came of Bank's Peninsula, in honor of the I 

 Right Bonorable Sir Joseph Banks, President of the 

 Royal Society j and rounding Point Wbllaston at 

 eastern extremity, opened another extensive sheet of 

 water; and the remainder of the afternoon was spent 

 in endeavoring to ascertain, fr im the tops of the hills, 

 whether it was another bay, or merely a i en- 



closed by a chain of islands. Appearances rather 

 ring the latter opinion, we determined on proceed- 

 through it to tli" southward. During the delay 

 four more deer were killed, all young and lean. It 

 appears that the coast is pretty well frequented by 

 reindeer at this season : but it is rather singular, that 

 hitherto we have killed none (excepting the first) but 

 young ones of last season, which were all too lean to 

 have been eaten by any hut persons who had no choice. 

 We paddled along the western shore w ith the inten- 

 tion of encamping, but were prevented from tin' want 

 of drift wood on the beach. This induced us to make 

 a traverse to an island, where we put up at midnight, 

 having found a small bay, whose shores furnished us 

 with a little fire-wood, A heav] imeonfrom 



the westward, attended with constant rain, and one of 



the Bqualls overthrew our tents. The course and dis- 

 tance made to-day were north-cast sixteen miles and 

 a half. I may here mention, that Arctic Sound ai£ 



