In the An I ' fl 



and clayey, and the country for many miles lb 1' \ 

 and much intersected with water ; but we had not 

 It isure i" ascertain whether they wen- branches of the 

 bay or fresh- water lakes. Some whifc 

 tliis eveningj and some young grey ones were caught 

 tin the beach, being unable to fly. We fired a1 tw i 

 reindeer, but without bui i 



On August 1-ttU we paddled the whole day a 

 tic northern Bhores of the sound, returning towards 

 mouth. The land which we were now tracing 



flat, that it could not he described from 

 the canoes at the distance of four miles, and is invisi- 

 ble from tic opposite Bide of the sound, otherwise a 

 short traverse might have Baved u .lays. Tlie 



few eminences that arc on this side were mistaken for 

 islands when seen from the opposite shore ; they are 

 tor the most part cliffs of basalt, and are not ah 



One hundred t'eet high ; the BUbjacent strata are of 



white sand-stone. Tic rocks are mostly confined to 

 the capes and shores, the soil inland being flat, cla; 

 and barren. Most of tin- headlands Bhewed ti 



its from tic Esquimaux, hut none of them recent. 



Many ducks n to-day, belonging to a 



termed by tic voyagers, from their cry, "caccawa 



\\'e also saw BOme grey 1 swans. The only 



seal wo procured during our v IS killed : 



dav ; it happened to he blind, and our men imagining 



