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for the settlement on Barden liay (Netchiolumy). Ikwa fol- 

 lowed with his dogs and sledge. The traveling was hne, and 

 the dogs took our sledge, with all three of us riding, along 

 at a trot all the way. We arrived at our destination about 

 six 1". M., the odometer registering 14.4 miles from Keati. 



Here we found a great many natives, probably sixty, most 

 of whom we had already seen at RedclifTe during the winter. 



Map of Whale Sound and Indcfield Ciulf. 



In addition to the regular inhabitants of the place there were a 

 half-dozen families from Cape York and its x-icinity, who were 

 stopping in snow-igloos on their way home from RedclifTe. 

 The winter is their visiting time, and only during this season 

 do the inhabitants of one place see those of another; they 

 travel for miles and miles over the ice. some with dogs and 



