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se. 
Bathurst’s Inlet through another similar channel, 
bounded on both sides by steep rocky hills. The 
witt ttt changing from S.E. to N.W. brought heavy 
rain, and we encamped at seven P.M., having advan- 
ced eighteen miles. 
August 25.—Starting this morning with a fresh 
breeze in our favor, we soon reached that part of Bar- 
ry’s Island where the canoes were detained on the 2d 
and 3d of this month, and contrary to what we then 
experienced, the deer were now plentiful. The hunt- 
ers killed two, and we were relieved from all appre- 
hension of an immediate want of food. One would 
suppose the deer were about to retire to the main 
shore, from their assembling at this time in such num- 
bers on the islands nearest the coast. Those we saw 
were generally females with their young, and all of 
them very lean. 
The wind continued in the same direction until we 
had rounded Point Wollaston, and then changed ‘to a 
quarter which enabled us to steer for Hood’s River, 
which we ascended as high as the first rapid, and en- 
_camped. Here terminated our voyage on the Arctic 
sea, during which we had gone over six hundred and 
fifty geographical miles. Our Canadian voyagers 
could not restrain their expressions of joy at having 
turned their backs on the sea, and they passed the 
evening talking over their past adventures with much 
