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appeared the stratified tables already referred to. Still farther to the 
north, the view included a lofty wall four miles long, interrupted by 
deep clefts and by one strong valley-notch. It ends abruptly at the 
Narrows of Nachvak Bay. About five hundred yards from the Narrows 
we lay some time becalmed close beside this clitf (the eastern slope of 
Karmarsuit), one of the grandest on the coast. It was estimated at 
approximately two thousand feet in altitude. With an angle of slope 
of about eighty degrees, with neither vegetation nor talus, it surpasses in 
its wild severity many more celebrated precipices of the world. About 
three miles northeast of the Narrows, a very perfect imitation of a 
volcanic cone was photographed and is here réproduced in Plate 5. Hsti- 
mates gave the upper lip of the “crater” a height of two thousand feet 
above the sea; the depression itself a depth of one thousand feet or 
thereabouts. The amphitheatre seems to be an unusually good speci- 
men of the glacial cirques which we were to find in great numbers 
wherever we had a chance to view the Torngats. Lieber noticed the 
frequency of similar forms on Aulatsivik Island. Finally, on the ex- 
treme right of the view, some fifteen miles from Gulch Cape, the coast 
was outlined by a sierra, “‘ Mt. Razorback ” (4000 feet, est.), one of the 
most rugged and most alpine, though not among the loftiest, members 
of the mountain-system. 
Among the maps of Nachvak Bay which have yet been published, 
that of Weiz? isthe best. While on board the schooner or in the skiff 
used in sounding, the writer made a rough sketcli of the inlet which is 
believed to represent still more closely its true form. (Plate 12). For 
purposes of orientation, the Eskimo names for the more important 
landmarks have been inserted. These names we owe to Mr. George 
Ford, the Hudson’s Bay agent at Nachvak, who, in this as in all other 
matters, was unwearied in affording us information about the country. 
The spelling of the names furnished by Rev. A. Stecker, originally in 
German, is phonetic after the sound of English vowels and consonants, 
and hence differs in a few instances from that adopted by Weiz.? 
1 See Packard, “The Labrador Coast,” p. 226. 
2 The following is a glossary of names appearing in the sketch-map of 
Nachvak Bay, with their translations by Rev. A. Stecker of the Moravian 
Society. e 
Idyutak, “lever,” referring to the form of the mountain. 
Ivitak, “red-colored,” land with a reddish color; red ochre; bricks. 
Kaputyat, “ place for trout-spearing,” or (better) “ place for spearing.” 
Karmarsuit, “ wall.” Some lands in the shape of a wall are called “ Karmarsuk ” 
(little wall) or “ Karmarsoak ” (great wall). “Suit” is a plural suffix. [over] 
