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20. Cosmos, 18 Janvier, 1886. 



21. Compte Rendu des Seances de la Commission Centrale de la Societe de 



Geographic, No. 1, '86. 



22. Memoires et Compte Rendu des Travaux de la Society des Ing6nieurs 



Civils, Aout, 1885. 



23. Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique, Tome 24me 



Fascicule 2me, 1885. 



24. Cronica Cientifica — Barcelona. Ano IX., Num. 194. 



25. Monatsblatter des WissenschaftlichenClubin Wien, VII. Jahrgang, Nr. 4. 



26 . Wochenschrif t des oesterreichischen Ingenieurs und Architekten-Vereines 



XI. Jahrgang Mr. 3. 



27. Journal des Societes Scientifiques, 6 et 20 Janvier, 1886. 



28. Jahrbiicher der K. K. Central-Anstalt fiir Meteorologie und Erdmag- 



netismus 1884, N. F. XXI. Band, Wien. 



29. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, Vol. VII., '84. 



Total 31. 



Mr. R. F. Stupart read the following paper on " The Es- 

 kimo of Stupart Bay :" 



My paper this evening treats more especially of the Eskimo and 

 their mode of life as observed by myself during a twelve" months 

 residence among them on the shores of Hudson's Straits, but, in 

 addition, I have thought it advisable to give a brief outline of a por- 

 tion of the cruise of the steamship Neptune in the summer of 1884, 

 and also of a boat voyage made by myself and three men from Prince 

 of Wales' Sound to Fort Chimo during the latter part of last August. 

 The Canadian Hudson's Bay Expedition of 1884 and 1885 was, as you 

 are all aware, sent out to report on the feasibility of establishing a 

 commercial I'oute to Europe from the Canadian North- West via. 

 Hudson's Straits. Six observing stations were established at differ- 

 ent points along the shores of the Straits, the duties of observers 

 being to watch the movements of the ice and tidal currents and to 

 take meteorological observations. In addition to this, the ordinary 

 work, I made a series of magnetic observations ; I had two observa- 

 tories, one in which I made absolute determinations of the declination, 

 force, &c., while in the other were placed the differential instruments, 

 which were read every four hours, and during days of much dis- 

 turbance every five rniuutes. The discussion of results here obtained 

 is, of course, foreign to my subject to-night. 



The date of the eai-liest mention of the Eskimo is about 990 A.D., 

 when some Icelanders exploring Greenland came across men with 

 skin-boats. The Eskimo have therefore inhabited the Westeni. 



