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having now found that he had taken his gun, which 
we supposed the natives might have endeavored to 
wrest from him, and we were on the pointof despatch- 
ing a party in search of him, when he arrived at four 
, Thurs. in the morning of the 13th much fatigued, ac- 
companied by three of the natives, His journey had 
been lengthened by the Esquimaux having gone far- 
ther to the eastward than he had expected, but he had 
recovered the protractor, which had been kept in their 
ignorance of its utility to us. His companions | 
brought five white fish, and some specimens of crystal 
with other stones, from the mountains, which we pur- 
chased, and further rewarded them for their kindness 
in not allowing Augustus to return alone. 
The boats were immediately launched, and having 
pulled a short distance from the land, we set the sails, 
our course being directed to the outer point in view, 
to avoid the sinuosities of the coast. We passed a 
wide, though not deep bay, whose points were named 
after my friends Captains Sabine and P. P. King; 
and we were drawing near the next projection, when a 
compact body of ice was discovered, which was joined 
to the land ahead. At the same time a dense fog 
came on, that confined our view to a few yards ; it 
was accompanied by a gale from the land, and heavy 
rain. We had still hopes of getting round the point, 
and approached the shore in that expectation, but 
