442 Thirty Years 



ways, and Augustus went to visit an Esquimaux 

 family that were on an island contiguous to our en- 

 campment. 



We now discovered that the Rocky Mountains do 

 not form a continuous chain, but that they run in de- 

 tached ranges at unequal distances from the coast. 

 The Richardson chain commencing opposite the mouth 

 of the Mackenzie, terminates within view of our pres- 

 ent situation. Another range, which I have named 

 in honor of Professor Buckland, begins on the west- 

 ern side of Phillips Bay, and extending to the bound- 

 ary of our view, is terminated by the Conybeare 

 Mountain. 



It gave me great pleasure to affix the name of my 

 friend Mr. Babbage to the river we had discovered, 

 and that of Mr. Phillips, Professor of Painting at the 

 Royal Academy, to the bay into which its waters are 

 emptied. We learned from the Esquimaux that this 

 river, which they call Cook-Keaktok, or Rocky River, 

 descends from a very distant part of the interior, 

 though they are unacquainted with its course beyond 

 the mountains. It appeared to us to flow between 

 the Cupola and Barn mountains of the Richardson 

 chain. TIhtc. are many banks of gravel near its 

 mouth, but above these obstructions the channel ap- 

 peared deep, and to be about two miles broad. There; 

 were no rocks in situ, or large stones, near the en- 



