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his family in this soHtary place, far away from his nearest 

 neighbors, the Moravian missionaries at Ramah to the south, 

 and rarely cheered by the sight of visitors. Closely north of 

 his house is a mountain whose height, according to our meas- 

 urements, is 3,900 feet. Since it was without a name, so far 

 as we could learn, we called it Ford Mountain in honor of our 

 kindly host. Its western flanks abut upon a valley in which 

 flows southward into the bay a river called by the Eskimo the 

 Goratsuk.* Some five miles from its mouth it receives from 

 the eastward a tributary stream, the Shenukatik.* The She- 

 nukatik, therefore, lies in a valley just to the north of Mt. 

 Ford, separating the latter from a series of higher mountains 

 beyond. 



Saturday, the ist of September, dawned with low, thick 

 clouds covering the tops of all the mountains visible from our 

 anchorage. The same unwelcome conditions had prevailed 

 for several days past, interfering considerably with our moun- 

 tain climbing. We had been at Nachvak now for a week, 

 and had decided that it was time to turn our faces homeward. 

 The day, however, proved unfavorable for sailing, the winds 

 being light and directly into the bay. The barometer was 

 rising, nevertheless, and thus gave promise of an agreeable 

 change in the heavy weather. As the morning progressed 

 the sun came out brightly and the clouds became higher and 

 thinner. Adams and I, who had come to Nachvak together 

 overland from Hebron, had long gazed yearningly at the 

 lofty summits above us, and, therefore, welcomed eagerly 



* These names are given by Daly, on the authority of Mr. Stecker, 

 as "Kogarsuk" and "Sennerkitte," respectively. The names used in the 

 text are as given by Mr. Ford, but probably the others should be pre- 

 ferred. 



