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my absence from the tent tlie men rambled all 

 over tlie bills, but saw no game, our encamp- 

 ment was therefore shifted to a better position 

 near the eastern termination of the table-land. 

 This morning we explored the neighbouring 

 valleys ; saw three deer, and shot one, returning 

 on board the ' Fox ' in time for dinner. 



Many deer had been seen not far from the 

 ship, and Hobson had shot a bearded seal. 

 I have organized another boat party ; Young 

 will start with it to-morrow morning to seek a 

 sledge route from the southern angle of Brent- 

 ford Bay to the western sea. 



6ih. — Young returned this morning ; he re- 

 ports the south-west angle of the bay not to run 

 in so far as we expected, and to be environed 

 by very high land, impracticable for sledges. 



Our Esquimaux, Samuel, shot a fawn to-day. 



Strong northerly winds have latterly pre- 

 vailed ; Bellot Strait is quite clear of ice ; to- 

 morrow morning, therefore, we shall make our 

 fifth attempt to get the ' Fox ' through. 



Qth. — Steamed through the clear waters of 

 Bellot Strait this morning, and made fast to the 

 ice across its western outlet at a distance of two 

 miles from the shore, and close to a small islet 

 which we have already dubbed Pemmican Rock, 

 having landed upon it a large supply of that 



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