WATCHMAN ISLAND HEBKON BAY. 749 



Cape Mugford slopes northward from Bishop's Mitre, and is the 

 southeastern head of a deep narrow inlet, extending some miles south- 

 southwestward. A small conical island lies at the mouth of this inlet. 



Finger hill, situated at about 8 miles northwestward of cape Mug- 

 ford and at the end of the high projecting land, is about 2,500 feet 

 high, and similar in shape to Table hill at the southeastern end ; some 

 peculiar finger-shaped rocks show when bearing between south-south- 

 westward and southwestward. 



An inlet extends southward some distance from Finger hill, and at 

 its entrance is a small conical island. 



Ice. — The remarks on the ice at Aillik (p. 732) are applicable to 

 cape Mugford, excepting that the arrival of northern and sheet ice is 

 probably a week or ten days earlier. In 1887, between August 1 and 

 15, from a hill about 1,000 feet high on the shore of Saglek bay, the 

 sea was seen to be entirely covered with ice, which did not leave until 

 August 20. 



Watchman island, lying northwestward, distant 22 miles from 

 the northeastern part of Nanuktut, is about 700 feet high. 



The dark round summit of the island is at its northeastern end, 

 which is remarkably white on northwesterly bearings, and is a good 

 mark in making Hebron. The island is apparently bold-to on its 

 northeastern and northwestern sides. Near Watchman island is a 

 smaller island, about 200 feet high, and also four islets, ranging from 

 30 to 50 feet in height, of which the eastern is the lowest. Fishing 

 vessels are said to anchor under the western side of this island. 



Current. — In the summer of 1880, the current set southeastward at 

 the rate of ^ mile an hour off Watchman island. 



Hebron bay is situated on the mainland just within the eastern 

 entrance point of a deep inlet, the entrance to which is within a few 

 islands lying westward some 12 miles from Watchman island. The 

 entrance to the bay is 1,200 yards wide and is clear ; the bay extends 

 northward about 2 miles, with a general width of a mile, and it 

 affords excellent anchorage in 19 fathoms, mud bottom ; it is reported 

 to be well sheltered except in southerly gales. The Moravian mission 

 station of Hebron lies on the western side of the bay. It was founded 

 in 1834, and has a population of 183 persons. The mission premises 

 are commodious and substantial, but the natives live in houses built 

 of timber, stone, and earth. Traders do not frequent the district; 

 the nearest trading station is that of the Hudson Bay Company at 

 Nachvak. 



Ice.— See pp. 727, 732. 



Mosquitoes are numerous and exceedingly troublesome at Hebron. 



Kikkertaksoak, bearing 309°, distant 14 miles from Watchman 

 island, is 300 feet high, and has a smooth round summit sloping like 

 a whale's back, with small, deep gulches on the northeastern side. 



