228 Thirty Years 
it to be in bad health, would not taste the flesh ; we, 
however, were less nice. 
We encamped at the end of twenty-four miles’ 
march, on the north-west side of a bay, to which I 
have given the name of my friend Captain Parry, now 
employed in the interesting research fora North-West 
Passage. Drift wood had become very scarce, and we 
found none near the encampment ; a fire, however, 
was not required, as we served out pemmican for sup- 
per, and the evening was unusually warm. 
On the following morning the breeze was fresh, and 
the waves rather high. In paddling along the west 
side of Parry’s Bay, we saw several deer, but owing 
to the openness of the country, the hunters could not 
approach them. They killed, however, two swans 
that were moulting, several cranes, and many grey 
geese. We procured also some caccawees, which were 
then moulting and assembled in immense flocks. In 
the evening, having rounded Point Beechy, and passed 
Hurd’s Islands, we were exposed to much inconveni- 
ence and danger from a heavy rolling sea ; the canoes 
receiving many severe blows, and shipping a good 
deal of water, which induced us to encamp at five 
P.M. opposite to Cape Croker, which we had passed 
on the morning of the 12th ; the channel, which lay be- 
tween our situation and it, being about seven miles 
wide. Wehad now reached the northern point of en- 
