/// the Arctic /.'■ 



or of the noble Secretary of State, under wb 

 I had the honor to act. It runs about seventy-sis 

 miles south-east from Cape Everitt, bul in coasting 

 its shores we went aboul one hundred and Beventy-fonr 

 geographical miles. It is remarkable thai noneofthe 

 Indians with whom we had spoken had mentii med this 

 inlet ; and we subsequently Learned, that in their jour- 



they strike across from the mouth of one 

 to the mouth of another, without tracing the interme- 

 diate line of coast. 



August 11. — Embarking at five A.M., we rounded 

 Point Everitt, and then encountered a strong breeze 

 and heavy swell, which by causing the Canoes to pitch 

 very much, greatly impeded our progress. Some deer 

 being zing in a valley near the 1" ach, we land- 



oil, and sent St. Germain and Adam in pursuit of 



them, who soon killed three which were very small 



and lean. Their appearance, however, quite revived 

 tl spirits of our men, who had Buspected th . 



deer had retired to the woods. It would appear, 

 our not ha\ ing seen any in passing along the shoi 

 Bathuret's Inlet, that at this season they confine them- 

 selves to the • ■ and the islands. The m 

 berries (arbutus alpina) were found quite ripe at this 



. and very abundant on the aeelivit'a s of the hills. 



We also . " the highest hill, and gained a 



of a distant chain of islands, extending as far as the 



