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The shallow- to-day were I with 



shoals of capelin, the angmaggoeiik of the Esquimaux. 

 It was known to Augustus, who informed us that it 

 uts the coast of Hudson's Bay, and is delicate 

 eating. The course ami distance made was Bouth by 

 east half east, thirty-three mi! 



After paddling twelve miles in the morning <>(' the 

 5th, we had tin' mortification t<> find the inlet termi- 



: by a river ; the Bize of which we could □ 

 certain, as the entrance was blocked by Bhoal . I 

 have named thia Btream Back, as a mark of my friend- 

 ship tor my associate. We were Bomewhat com 

 for th^ loss of time in exploring this inlet, by the 

 success of Junius in killing a musk-ox, the first we 

 had geen on tl ; and afterwards by tin: acquisi- 



tion of the flesh of a hear, that was shot as we were 

 returning up tin- eastern Bide in the evening. The 

 latter proved to be a female, in very excellenl condi- 

 tion ; and our Canadian voyagers, whose appetite for 

 fat meal is insatiable, were delighted. 



We encamped on the Bhoree indy bay, and 



set tli>' nets ; and finding a quantity of dried willows 

 «,ii the beach, wo were enabled to cook the bear's 

 flesh, which was superior to any meal we had tasted 

 on thi 'l'l'" wal r P II two feet at this place 



during the night Our nets produ eat variety 



of fish, namely, a Balmon-trout, some round fish, 



