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Bathurst's Inlet through another similar channel, 

 bounded on both sides by steep rocky hills. The 

 wind then changing from S.E. to N.W. brought heavy 

 rain, and we encamped at seven P.M., having advan- 

 ced eighteen miles. 



August 25. — Starting this morning with a fresh 

 breeze in our favor, we soon reached that part of Bar- 

 ry's Island where the canoes were detained on the 2d 

 and 3d of this month, and contrary to what we then 

 experienced, the deer were now plentiful. The hunt- 

 ers killed two, and we were relieved from all appre- 

 hension of an immediate want of food. One would 

 suppose the deer were about to retire to the main 

 shore, from their assembling at this time in such num- 

 bers on the islands nearest the coast. Those we saw 

 were generally females with their young, and all of 

 them very lean. 



The wind continued in the same direction until we 

 had rounded Point Wollaston, and then changed to a 

 quarter which enabled us to steer for Hood's River, 

 which we ascended as high as the first rapid, and en- 

 camped. Sere terminated our voyage on the Arctic 

 sea, during which we had gone over six hundred and 

 fifty geographical miles. Our Canadian voyagers 

 could not restrain their expressions of joy at having 

 turned their backs on the sen, and they passed the 

 evening talking over th<ir pasl adventures with much 



