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enough to be taken to our country. It will be seen 
from the engraving, that one of the men had a differ- 
ent cast of countenance from the rest ; we supposed 
him to be descended from the Indians. 
It would appear that the walrus does not visit this 
part of the coast, as none of these people recognized a 
sketch of one, which Lieutenant Back drew; but 
they at once knew the seal and reindeer. We learned 
that the polar bear is seldom seen, and only in the 
autumn ; and ‘likewise that there are very few of the 
brown bears, which we frequently saw on the coast 
eastward of the Copper-Mine River. We had already 
seen a few white whales, and we understood that they 
would resort to this part of the coast in greater num- 
bers with the following moon. 
The habits of these people were similar, in every 
respect, to those of the tribes described by Captain 
Parry, and their dialect differed so little from that 
used by Augustus, that he had no difficulty in under- 
standing them. He was, therefore, able to give them 
full particulars relative to the attack made by the 
other party, and they expressed themselves much hurt 
at their treacherous conduct. ‘‘ Those are bad men,” 
they said, “and never fail either to quarrel with us, 
or steal from us, when we meet. They come, every 
spring, fiom the eastern side of the Mackenzie, to fish 
ut the place where you saw them, and return as soon 
