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quainted, being on Nevile Island, I went there and 

 got the skins of ten martens, four foxes, four 

 beavers, and three otters of them, in part of their 

 debt to us. At noon, bringing the whole crew with 

 me, I set off for the Shalloway, and got on board 

 her at four o'clock, and then sent one cooper and 

 a youngster back immediately in a flat, and sailed 

 for Sandwich Bay. At night we anchored in Fish- 

 ing-ships Harbour. One of the people saw fresh 

 slot of deer, on the easternmost island. 



Thursday, June 8, 1775. At four this morning 

 we weighed and went to sea. I went off in the 

 skiff, with four hands, to take a view of the islands 

 on the outside of Stoney Island; the largest of 

 which forms a very fine harbour for small vessels, 

 between it and Stoney Island. It runs N. E. and 

 S. W., has a fair, narrow entrance at each end, but 

 widens in the middle by a cove in the small Island, 

 on which we found a hind and calf. I shot the 

 hind, and then lying down close to her, caught 

 the calf by a leg as it came to suck. Observing 

 the drift ice to draw nearer in shore, and it being 

 calm, I went out to the shalloway and towed her 

 into this harbour. I then sent two men to take 

 a cruise over Stoney Island, and gave them but 

 one gun. I soon perceived one of them throwing 

 stones at an old hind, which stood her ground in 

 a defensive posture. The novelty of the sight sur- 

 prised me greatly, as I could not account for it; 

 I immediately went over with the dogs, and we 

 soon caught the calf alive and drove the hind into 

 the water, where the rest of the people pursued 



