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and left in exchange a copper-kettle, and some awls 
and beads. 
We paddled all day along the coast to the east- 
ward, on the inside of a crowded range of islands, and 
saw very little ice; the “blink” of it, however, was 
visible to the northward, and one small iceberg was 
seen at adistance. A tide was distinguishable among 
the islands by the foam floating on the water, but we 
could not ascertain its direction. In the afternoon 
St. Germain killed, on an island, a fat deer, which 
was a great acquisition to us ; it was the first we had 
seen for some months in good condition. 
Having encamped on the main shore, after a run of, 
thirty-seven miles, we set up a pole to’ascertain the 
rise and fall of the water, which was repeated at every 
halting-place, and Hepburn was ordered 40 attend to 
the result. We found the coast well covered with 
vegetation, of moderate height, even in its outline, 
and easy of approach. The islands are rocky and bar- 
ren, presenting high. cliffs of a columnar structure. I 
have named the westernmost group of those we pass- 
ed ‘* Berens’ Isles,” in honor of the Governor of the 
Hudson’s Bay Company ; and the easternmost, “ Sir 
Graham Moore’s Islands.” At the spot where we 
landed, some muscle-shells and a single piece of sea- 
weed lay on the beach; this was the only spot on 
the coast where we saw shells. We were rejoiced to 
