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Having passed through five of these lakes, the height of 

 land was crossed, and a branch of the Big River was 

 followed northward to Mchicoon Lake. Here fortunately 

 a guide was found who was willing to take the party 

 to Lake Caniapiscow, on the Koksoak River. The route 

 here passes through a number of large irregular lakes, in a 

 north-east direction, for about eighty miles. 



From Caniapiscow, the Koksoak River was descended to 

 Ungava Bay, and the Hudson Bay Post reached on the 27th 

 of August, and thus the trip across Labrador from south to 

 north was completed in seventy days. 



The conditions at Ungava were not such that the work 

 of the foilowing year could be carried on advantageously, 

 and in consequence the Hudson Bay Company's steamer 

 was taken to Rigoulette, calling on the way at George 

 River, Port Burwell, Nakvack and Davis Inlet. From 

 Rigoulette canoes were again used to the head of Hamilton 

 Inlet, where Messrs. Low and Eaton resolved to winter at 

 the Hudson Bay Post. 



The four Indians were sent up the Hamilton River, with 

 instructions to go as far as possible before the river became 

 covered with ice ; they succeeded in reaching a point about 

 one hundred miles above the river's mouth. Here they 

 remained until Christmas, when they descended on the ice 

 to the Post. 



On the 19th of Jannary, Mr. Eaton started up the river 

 with a party of seventeen men, each hauling two hundred 

 pounds of provisions on a sleigh. He succeeded in ascend- 

 ing seventy miles, when owing to the lack of snow on the 

 rough ice in the heavy rapids, he was obliged to cache the 

 loads and return. A final start was made on the 6th of 

 March, when the party assisted by eight men, proceeded 

 inland with more provisions and outfit sufficient for six 

 months travel. 



Arriving at the cache in five days, they continued on 

 seventy miles farther, until they were stopped by open 

 water, extending ten miles below Lake Winokaupow. A 

 second cache was made here, and the whole party returned 



