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indefinitely into the mainland. We built a cairn on this 

 peak and named it " Mount Sir Donald." Running an- 

 other ten miles, toward the north-northwest, we reached 

 a point in the inlet, where it is separated from a similar 

 inlet from Ungava Bay only by a low neck of land. The 

 main bay continues to the southwestward how far, I am 



FIG. 2. THE CURVE IN GRENFELL TICKLE 

 1. Chidley Island; 2. Mt. Sir Donald; 3. Cairn. 



unable to say. On a second visit to this fiord we found 

 three families of Eskimo camped on its shore; there are 

 remains of ancient Eskimo encampments on the flats. 

 This is an excellent ground on which to search for stone 

 relics. 



Threading the islands for a distance of ten miles from the 

 mouth of this fiord, another inlet opens. It is marked on 

 the Admiralty chart under the name "Ekortiarsuk." 

 I have never entered it, nor have I record of its exploration 

 by a single white man; the inlet is reported, however, 

 to wind away among the mountains for thirty miles. 



Fifteen miles to the south-southwest is Mount Bache 



