152 HOME FLOWERS. . Ohap. IX. 



Moore, and each time have brought on board 

 300 looms. Very few birds and no other ani- 

 mals were seen during our walk over the rich 

 mossy slopes to-day. I saw a pair of Canadian 

 brown cranes, the first of the species I have 

 ever seen so far north, though Sir Robert 

 M'Clure found them, I know, on Bank's Land. 



The lands enjoying a southern aspect, even 

 to the summits of hills 700 or 800 feet in 

 height, were tinged with green ; but these hills 

 were protected by a still loftier range to the 

 north. Upon many well-sheltered slopes we 

 found much rich grass. All the little plants 

 were in full flower ; some of them familiar to 

 us at home, such as the buttercup, sorrel, and 

 dandelion. I have never found the latter to 

 the north of 69° before. 



The old woman is much less excited to-day ; 

 she says" there was a wreck upon the coast when 

 she was a little girl ; it lies a day and a half's 

 journey, about 45 miles, to the north ; and 

 came there without masts and very much 

 crushed ; the little which now remains is almost 

 buried in the sand. A piece of this wreck was 

 found near her abode, — she has neither hut nor 

 tent, but a sort of lair constructed of a few 

 stones and a seal-skin spread over them, so that 

 she can crawl underneath. This fragment is 



