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encamped at the mouth of a river about 

 eighty yards wide, and set four nets. This 

 stream, which received the name of Went- 

 zel, after our late companion, discharges a 

 considerable body of water. Its banks are 

 sandy and clothed with herbage. The Es- 

 quimaux had recently piled up some drift 

 timber here. A few ducks, ravens, and 

 snow birds were seen to-day. The distance 

 made was thirty-one miles. 



July 25, — We had constant rain with 

 thunder during the night. The nets fur- 

 nished only three salmon-trout. We attri- 

 buted the want of greater success to the 

 entrance of some seals into the mouth of 

 the river. Embarking at six A.M. we 

 paddled against a cold breeze, until the 

 spreading of a thick fog caused us to land. 

 The rocks here consisted of a beautiful 

 mixture of red and gray granite, traversed 

 from north to south by veins of red felspar, 

 which were crossed in various directions 

 by smaller veins filled with the same sub- 

 stance. 



At noon the wind coming from a favour- 



