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into Barrow's Inlet, and spent a day in its 

 examination, but not a trace of natives was met 

 with. 



Eegaining the shore of Dease and Simpson's 

 Strait, some miles to the west of Point Richard- 

 son, we crossed over to King William's Island 

 upon the morning of the 24th, striking in upon 

 it a short distance west of the Peffer River. 

 The south coast was closely examined as we 

 marched along towards Cape Herschel. Upon 

 a conspicuous point, to the westward of Point 

 Gladman, a cairn nearly five feet high was seen, 

 which, although it did not appear to he a 

 recent construction, was taken down, stone by 

 stone, and carefully examined, the ground be- 

 neath being broken up with the pickaxe, but 

 nothing was discovered. 



The ground about it was much exposed to 

 the winds, and consequently devoid of snow, so 

 that no trace could have escaped us. Simpson 

 does not mention having landed here, or any- 

 where upon the island except at Cape Herschel, 

 yet it seemed to me strange that natives should 

 construct such a mark here, since a huge boulder, 

 which would equally serve their purpose, stood 

 upon the same elevation, and within a couple of 

 hundred yards. We had previously examined a 



