198 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



seemed to be very irregular, and we could 

 not determine the direction of the ebb or 

 flood. A current setting to the eastward 

 was running about two miles an hour during 

 our stay. The ice having removed a short 

 distance from the shore, by eleven A.M. 

 we embarked, and with some difficulty ef- 

 fected a passage; then making a traverse 

 across Gray's Bay,* we paddled up under 

 the eastern shore against a strong wind. 

 The interpreters landed here, and went in 

 pursuit of a deer, but had no success. This 

 part of the coast is indented by deep bays, 

 which are separated by peninsulas formed 

 like wedges, sloping many miles into the 

 sea, and joined by low land to the main ; 

 so that often mistaking them for islands, we 

 were led by a circuitous route round the 

 bays. Cliffs were numerous on the islands, 

 which were all of the trap formation. 



At seven, a thunder-storm coming on, we 



* Named after Mr. Gray, principal of the Belfast 

 Academy. An island which lies across the mouth of 

 this bay bears the name of our English sailor Hep- 

 burn. 



