In the Arctic Regions. : 219 
The shallows we passed to-day were covered with 
shoals of capelin, the angmaggosiik of the Esquimaux. 
It was known to Augustus, who informed us that it 
frequents the coast of Hudson’s Bay, and is delicate 
eating. The course and distance made was, south by 
east half east, thirty-three miles. 
After paddling twelve miles in the morning of the 
5th, we had the mortification to find the inlet termi- 
nated by a river ; the size of which we could not as- 
certain, as the entrance was blocked by shoals. I 
have named this stream Back, as a mark of my friend- 
ship for my associate. We were somewhat consoled 
for the loss of time in exploring this inlet, by the 
success of Junius in killing a musk-ox, the first we 
had seen on the coast ; and afterwards by the acquisi- 
tion of the flesh of a bear, that was shot as we were 
returning up the eastern side in the evening. The 
latter proved to be a female, in very excellent condi- 
tion ; and our Canadian voyagers, whose appetite for 
fat meat is insatiable, were delighted. 
We encamped on the shores of a sandy bay, and 
set the nets ; and finding a quantity of dried willows 
on the beach, we were enabled to cook the bear’s 
flesh, which was superior to any meat we had tasted 
on the coast. The water fell two feet at this place 
during the night. - Our nets produced a great variety 
of fish, namely, a salmon-trout, some round fish, 
