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pieces of split drift-wood, tli red to have been 



recently out. The channel varied in breadth from a 

 half to three-" quarters of a mile, but, except in 



am of the current, the water was bo shallow as 

 scarcely to float the boats, and its greatest depth did 

 nut five feet We landed at eight P. u , un 



Halkett Island, intending to encamp, hut owing to 

 the swampiness of the ground the tent oould ii"* t be 

 pitched. Eaving made a tire and cooked our Bupper, 

 we retired to sleep under the coverings of the b< 

 which afforded u- good Bhelter from a gale ami heavy 

 rain that came on before midnight Latitude 08° 

 39' N.. longitude 135° 35' W. 



Thnr*. rp ne continuance of stormy weather detained 

 US until two P.M. i<{' the 6th, when, the rain ceasing, 



we embarked. After passing through the expansion 



of the river near the west extreme of Ealketl Island, 

 we turned into the narrower and more winding chan- 

 nel, between Oolvill Island and the main. A fog 

 coming on at eight p.m. we encamped. Several of the 

 glaucous gulls were -een, and this circumstance, 

 well as a line of bright cloud to the NAV. resembling 



the ice-blink, convinced us that the S ea was QOt far 



.itf. A rein-di er appearing near the encampment, two 

 men were sent after it, who n turned unsuccessfuL 

 Augustus obtain* :■ supper. Man] 



swans, and ducks, had been seen on the marshy si: 

 of the island in the course of th" d i\ 



