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some times as far as tlic Ma<-kciizic KivcT-. 'I'lir cnIimiI of ih.-ir winil.' • 



ings will bf treated of more Inlly in , ncctioii wiili ilicir rclal inns'i,, 



the other natives of th.. No, tl, west. Tliey appear to he nnae,'|na'ii'Me,'l 

 with the interior except for alioul 1(1(1 mih's south of Point Harrow 

 Theeoast from Itefii-e Inlet rnns nearly strai-ht in a generally norlli 



gravi'l.an.l jieLhles. in apiieaianre elosely resenihliu- -laeiaMrili.' Im'h' 

 dered by a narrow, steej. beach of |.ebl,|cs and i^raxel. and broken at 

 intervals l)y steep j;ull.>ys whii-li are tlie cliannel.s of tenipoiaiv strean'is 

 rniiinnu oidy dnrinu tiie juaiod of niching snow, and li\ lonu. narrow 



.soinetimes ending in low, steep banks. The tiis of these lauooiis 



are generally rather wide, and i-josed liy a bai- of uiavel thrown up liv 

 the wa\-es (luring the season of o|ieii wati'r. In rlii' spiin^. the snow 

 and ice on the land melt months liefore the sea opens and Hood tlie ice 

 on the higoons, which also melts giadnally around the edges aiilil tliere 

 is a sntHcielit head of water in tiie lagoon to break throimii the liar at 

 the lowest jioiiit. This stream soon cuts itself a <-hannel."iisMally about 

 HO or ;!(l yards wide, through whi.-li tiie lagoon is rapidly drained, soon 

 cnttilig out an open siiace of greater or less extent in the sea ice. 



tide ebiis and flows throngh the channel, whicii is usually from knee- 

 When the sea gets suttieienth open for waves to lireak upon the lieacli, 

 they in a short time bring in enough gravel to close the outlet. The 

 cliffs gradually decrease in height till they reach Cape Smyth, where 

 they are about 25 feet high, and ternnnate in low knolls sloping down 

 to the banks of the broad lagoon Isutkwi:. which is made by th.' con 

 fluenee of two narrow, sinuous gulle.\s, ami is oidy 1(» feet deep in the 

 deei-est part. 



Rising from the beach beyoiul the mouth of this lagoon is a slight (de- 

 vation, 12 feet above the sea level, which was anciently the site of a 

 small village, called b> the same name as the lagoon. On this elevation 

 ■was situated tlu' Tnited States signal station ol' Ooulaainie. I'.eyond 

 this the land is lev.d with the to], of the beach, which is broa.l and nearly 

 Hat, raise.l into a slight ridge on the outer edge. Ab.mt half a mile 

 from the station, just at the edge of the bea(di, is tlic small lagoon 

 Im.M-nyi;, about L'OO yards in diameter, and nearly tilled ui> with marsh. 



of water imdose<l liy the saiidspil whicli forms Point I'.arrow. This is 

 a continuation of the line of the beach, varying in breadth from l'(M) to 

 (•0(1 yards and running mirtheast tor o miles, then turning sharply to the 

 east-scmtheast and running out in a narrow gravel spit, l' miles long, 

 which is continued eastward by a chain of mirrow, low-, sandy islands, 

 which extend as far as Point Tangent. At the angle of the iioint the 

 lami is sli-htlv eh'vated into irregular tmf coveied knolls, on which the 



