OF THE POLAR SEA. 



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Baillie's Cove, in honour of a relative of 

 the lamented Mr. Hood. As it was too 

 late to return, we encamped, and by walk- 

 ing across the country discovered the river, 

 whose mouth being barred by low sandy 

 islands and banks, was not perceived when 

 we passed it. Course and distance from 

 Galena Point to this encampment were 

 S.E.|S. — forty-one miles. 



From the accounts of Blackmeat and 

 Boileau at Fort Chipewyan, we considered 

 this river to be the Anatessy, and Cape 

 Barrow to be the projection which they 

 supposed to be the N.E. termination of 

 America. The outline of the coast, indeed, 

 bears some resemblance to the chart they 

 sketched ; and the distance of this river 

 from the Copper-Mine, nearly coincides 

 with what we estimated the Anatessy to be, 

 from their statements. In our subsequent 

 journey, however, across the barren grounds 

 we ascertained that this conjecture was 

 wrong, and that the Anatessy, which is 

 known to come from Rum Lake, must fall 

 into the sea to the eastward of this place. 



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