In the Arctic H 



without having Been any game. The berries, how- 

 ever, were ripe and plentiful, and, with the addition 

 of some country tea, furnished a supper. There were 

 some showeis in the afternoon, and the weather was 

 cold, the thermometer being 42°, but the evening and 

 night were calm and fine. It may 1m- remarked that 

 the musquitoes disappeared when the late galea com- 

 menced. 



nisi 24. — Embarking at three A.M.. we stretch- 

 ed across tin' eastern entrance of Bathurst's [niet, and 

 arrived at an island, which I have named after I 

 nel Barry, of Newton Barry. Some deer being 

 mi the beach, the hunters went in pursuit of them, 

 and succeeded in killing three females, which enabled 

 us to save our Laal remaining meal of pemmican. 

 They saw also Borne fresh tracks of musk oxen on the 

 banks of a small stream, which flowed into a lake in 

 the centre of the island. These animals must have 

 crossed a channel, at least three miles wide, to reach 

 the nearest of these islands. Some specimens of varie- 

 ; pebbles and jasper were found here imbedded 

 in the aroygdaloidal rock. 



Re- embarking at two P.M., and continuing tin 

 what was supposed to be a channel between two 

 islands, we found our passage barred by a gravelly 



isthmus "l' "lily tin yards in width ; the ranees and 



cargoes were carried acr — it. and we passed into 



