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without having seen any game. The berries, how- 
ever, were ripe and plentiful, and, with the addition 
of some country tea, furnished a supper. There were 
some showers in the afternoon, and the weather was 
cold, the thermometer being 42°, but the evening and 
night were calm and fine. It may be remarked that 
the musquitoes disappeared when the late gales com- 
menced. 
August 24,—Embarking at three A.M., we stretch- 
ed across the eastern entrance of Bathurst’s Inlet, and 
arrived at an island, which I have named after Colo- 
nel Barry, of Newton Barry. Some deer being seen 
on the beach, the hunters went in pursuit of them, 
and succeeded in killing three females, which enabled 
us to save our last remaining meal of pemmican. 
They saw also some fresh tracks of musk oxen on the 
banks of a small stream, which flowed into a lake in 
the centre of the island. These animals must have 
crossed a channel, at least three miles wide, to reach 
the nearest of these islands. Some specimens of varie- 
gated pebbles and jasper were found here imbedded 
in the amygdaloidal rock. 
Re-embarking at two P.M, and continuing through 
what was supposed to be a channel between two 
islands, we found our passage barred by.a gravelly 
isthmus of only ten yards in width ; the canoes and 
cargoes were carried across it, ard we passed into 
