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a river, climbed the hillside west of it, attaining- 1,100 feet, 

 marched along between the hilltops for three miles, de- 

 scended again to the shore at a point about four miles from 

 the last bight, and then continued for three miles along the 

 shore. Here we entered a third deep bight, called Ivitak 

 or Brick Bight, the last mile being a stony torture on account 

 of our weary limbs and sore feet. At 6.30 we came to a 

 freshly deserted camp. We afterwards learned that the Es- 

 kimos we sought had left there that very day. So our last 

 hope of getting aboard the "Brave" by night was proved 

 vain. We therefore encamped on the spot, cooked a supper 

 of ration and tea, and roasted some dried caplin that we had 

 found on the shore. There were numerous black flies about, 

 but they fortunately seemed to prefer the abundant refuse of 

 the Eskimo camp to ourselves. During our entire stay in 

 Labrador we had hardly any trouble from the flies. Mos- 

 quitoes had been a terrible nuisance for about a month, but 

 we had our last unpleasant experience with them during the 

 night of August 20. 



On Sunday, August 26, the eighth and last day of our 

 march, we arose at early daybreak, a little before five o'clock. 

 A white frost, the first of the season, covered the grass about 

 us. At 6.15, when we started, the temperature was ;^7°. 

 The sun was just lighting the tops of the hills east of us, 

 ushering in a splendid day. After proceeding to the head 

 of the bight and crossing the delta, of a river that came down 

 through a narrow valley between long series of hills, we 

 climbed the hillside west of it. Our route lay for several 

 miles on high ground, gradually rising in the valleys between 

 the summits to successive higher levels until we were at 

 1,300 feet. Then we went down rapidly to the shore, coming 



