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to be the Telzoa flowing out of the lake, and after a 
long and late pull we were gratified to find our hopes 
realized. On account of the lateness of the hour we 
had no opportunity that night of examining the river, 
further than to observe that 1t was unobstructed by ice, 
which observation afforded us great satisfaction. 
On the morning of the 18th we launched in the clear, 
strong stream of the Lower Telzoa, and very soon found 
ourselves at the head of the rapids we had heard. At 
the second rapid the first unmistakable signs of the 
recent habitations of Eskimos were discovered. They 
consisted of rings of camp stones, an old bow, several 
broken arrows, a whip-stock and numerous broken or 
partly formed willow ribs of a “kyack” or canoe. 
About six miles or so down from Tobaunt Lake we 
arrived at the head of a wild rapid, where the broad 
river rushes down through a narrow, rocky gorge, not 
more than fifty yards in width, and about two and 
a half miles in length. Over this entire distance the 
river forms one continuous boiling, tumbling stream of 
foaming water, which at every rock in its course is 
dashed high in air into myriad particles of spray. At 
the foot of the rapid the river again widens out beyond 
its usual width into a little lake, which was still more 
than half covered by the last winter’s ice. | 
Past the entire length of this rapid a portage of 
everything had, of course, to be made. Camp was 
pitched at the foot, and near it were found bones of 
musk oxen.’ Later, on the opposite side of the rapid, 
two of these animals were seen. 
On the morning of the 19th we started across the 
little ice-bound lake in a northerly direction, and within 
