CHAPTER XIII. 
ADVENTURES BY LAND AND SEA. 
STARTING southward down the coast of Hudson Bay 
on the 13th of September, with the weather beautifully 
calm, we made a capital run past a rocky coast, skirted 
by a succession of shoals and reefs, and at night camped 
upon the shore about twelve miles north of Marble 
Island, whose snow-white hills of quartzite could be 
distinctly seen on the horizon. 
Marble Island—so called because of the resemblance 
its rounded glaciated rocky hills bear to white marble 
—is well-known as a wintering station for New Eng- 
land whalers. Its geographical position was determined 
in 1885 and 1886 by Commander Gordon, of the Domin- 
ion Government Hudson Bay Expedition, of which the 
writer was a member, so we were glad to avail our- 
selves of the opportunity of connecting our survey with 
so well-fixed a landmark. | 
We had been informed by the Eskimos that there 
were no whalers now at the island, and we satisfied our- 
selves of the truth of their report by the use of our 
long-range binoculars. Had there been we would have 
endeavored to arrange with one of them to take us down 
to Churchill, but in their absence we could only stick to 
the canoes. Nearcamp, on the shore, we found part of 
