FOET CHUECHILL 



vessels were secured may still be seen leaded into the smooth 

 glaciated granite. Besides the ring-bolts, many interesting 

 carvings are to be seen cut on the surface of the smooth rocks. 

 Amongst these are the following : " Furnace and Discovery, 

 1Y41," "J. Horner, 1746," "J. Morley, 1748," "James 

 Walker, May ye 25, 1753," " Guilford Long, May ye 27, 

 1753," " J. Wood, 1757," " SI. Hearne, July ye 1, 1767." 

 In addition to many other names are several picture carvings, 

 and notably one of a man suspended from a gaUows, over 



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FACSIMILE OF DRAWINC ON ROCK AT SLOOPS COVE. 



which is the inscription, " John Kelley from the Isle of 

 Wight." According to local tradition Mr. Kelley was 

 hanged for the theft of a salt goose. 



As yet during our stay at Churchill we had not been suc- 

 cessful in reaching the ruins of old Fort Prince of Wales, 

 but on the 3rd of JSTovember, the weather being oold and good 

 for snowshoeing, we started off, and after an enjoyable five- 

 mile tramp reached the memorable spot, now a scene of 

 utter desolation. Ifot a tree or other sign of life could be 

 seen on the long, low, snow-driven point of rock, but there in 



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