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having now found that he had taken his gun, which 

 we supposed the natives might have endeavored to 

 wrest from him, and we were on the point of despatch- 

 ing a party in search of him, when he arrived at four 

 T i3th 8 ' m the morning of the 13th much fatigued, ac- 

 companied by three of the natives. His journey had 

 been lengthened by the Esquimaux having gone far- 

 ther to the eastward than he had expected, but he had 

 recovered the protractor, which had been kept in their 

 ignorance of its utility to us. His companions 

 brought five white fish, and some specimens of crystal 

 with other stones, from the mountains, which we pur- 

 chased, and further rewarded them for their kindness 

 in not allowing Augustus to return alone. 



The boats were immediately launched, and having 

 pulled a short distance from the land, we set the sails, 

 our course being directed to the outer point in view, 

 to avoid the sinuosities of the coast. We passed a 

 wide, though not deep bay, whose points were named 

 after my friends Captains Sabine and P. P. King ; 

 and we were drawing near the next projection, when a 

 compact body of ice was discovered, which was joined 

 to the land ahead. At the same time a dense fo<r 

 came on, thai confided our view to a few yards ; it 

 was accompanied by a gale from the land, and heavy 

 rain. We had still hopes of getting round the point, 

 and approached the Bhore in that expectation, but 



