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On the west side a wall of boulders rises directly from the water to 

 elevations varying from twenty to fifty feet. All these islands are 

 frequently visited by polar bears, who land to rest after heavy gales r 

 and feed on the arctic hemes that grow in great profusion every- 

 where ; Arctic foxes are also quite plentiful. 



The other islands of this group were not examined, but it is inferred 



from information obtained from the Hudson Bay Company's officer, and 



Capt. Coat's notes, that they are of similar origin and composition to 



those above described. 



islands of the The islands of the third group in James' Bay lie along the east coast, 



third group to I J b ' 



and have been described by Dr. E. Bell in the report of Progress of 

 the Geological Survey, 1877-78, as follows: "The majority of the 

 islands are rather low, and composed of boulders and shingle with few 

 or no trees, but the solid rock occurs upon a large proportion of them. 

 No regularity can be detected in the general arrangement of these 

 islands. They present a kind of labyrinth which it would be very 

 difficult to map with accuracy and which is not unlike that of the 

 Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, except that on the east coast of James 

 Bay the water is shallower, and shews evidence of receding rapidly, 

 and the islands are, as above stated, mostly covered by boulders and 

 shingle." 

 Meteorological From the meteorological observations taken during the summers 

 notes. 188*7 and 1888, detailed in Appendix No. the following summary is 



compiled : 



Three daily readings with the minimum temperature, taken on fifty- 

 eight days in 1887, while on James' Bay, give a mean temperature of 

 55 degrees. 



Similar readings on fifty-one daj\s in 1888 give a mean temperature 

 of 53 degrees. In 1887, there was fog on twenty and rain on fifteen 

 out of fifty-eight days. 



In 1888, fog occurred on twenty-eight and rain on twentj'-four out 

 of fifty-one days. 



Of one hundred and fifty-three observations on the direction of the 

 wind taken in 1887, twelve were from the N., sixteen from N.-E., four 

 from E., twenty-two from S.-E., seventeen from S., twenty-five from 

 S.-W., twenty-cne from W., and thirty-six from N.-W.. the resultant 

 direction being due west. 

 .. Two hundred and twenty similar observations in 188S, give a 



Mean tempera- ' ° 



tnres at Moose res ultant direction of S. 87° W. Three daily readings of the ther- 



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mometer at Moose Factory during the months of June, July, August 

 and September give the following mean temperatures: 1878,61*7°; 

 1879,54-3°; 1880,50-2°. These taken with the mean temperatures 

 given above would give an average mean summer temperature of 



