THE ESKIMO OF STUPART BAY. 



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proved to be at the entrance to the Ungava River. Round the Point 

 we came to a cove on the shore of which was a log -fishing shanty, 

 A man — a white man — the first we had seen since last September, 

 came out to us in a boat. He pi'oved to be an employee of the Hud- 

 son Bay Co., and was attending a salmon net. He informed us that 

 the Hudson Bay Go's steamers Labrador and Diana were both at 

 the post, which was 25 miles iip the river. He showed us where to 

 anchor, telling us it was useless trying to ascend against the ebb-tide. 

 We went ashoi-e to his shanty ; he cooked us some fresh salmon and 

 gave us some hot cofiee with biscuit and butter. Never in my life 

 had I enjoyed a meal so much before ; never do [ expect to enjoy 

 one more thoroughly in the future. I turned in after this delightful 

 supper, but did not close my eyes. 



The south side of Prince of Wales' Sound is high and precipitous. 

 In a fjord where I lay, 22nd to 24th, fair anchorage about two miles 

 up near a waterfall of over 400 feet. 



From Cape Hope to about lat. 60° ; high land back in interior, but 

 coast line low ; rocky islands, reefs and shoals for many miles out. 



On 30th passed inside some much larger and bolder islands, 

 Ackpatok lying outside, and from this to Ungava River the shore 

 seemed more open and clear of reefs. We saw a few bergs on 

 26th and again on 28th. I consider that the west coast of Ungava 

 Bay is quite imtit for purposes of navigation, owing to the number- 

 less ree!'s and rapid tidal currents. The spring tides are over 30 feet 

 in noT'thern portion and about 60 feet near the mouth of the Ujigava 

 River. We saw a few natives at different points along the coast. 



I append the following list of Eskimo words, which I picked up, 

 with their English equivalents : — 



English. 



Eskimo. 



English. 



Eskimo. 



Koal-a-tuk 



Kesheke 



Netchik 



Oog-duke 



ook-chuk 



Kik-it-tuk 



Nan-ook 



Ooblumie 



Ik-buk-chuk 



Oovenir 



Igvete 



Suly 



Keshan! 



Igloo 



