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most distant land we saw had the same bear- 

 ing north-north-east, and appeared like two 

 islands, which we estimated to be six or 

 seven miles off; the shore on their side 

 seemingly tended more to the east, so that 

 it is probable Point Turnagain, for so this 

 spot was named, forms the pitch of a low 

 flat cape. 



Augustus killed a deer in the afternoon, 

 but the men were not able to find it. The 

 hunters found the burrows of a number of 

 white foxes, and Hepburn killed one of 

 these animals, which proved excellent eat- 

 ing, equal to the young geese, with which it 

 was boiled, and far superior to the lean 

 deer we had upon the coast. Large flocks 

 of geese passed over the tents, flying to the 

 southward. The lowest temperature to-day 

 was 38°. 



Though it will appear from the chart, 

 that the position of Point Turnagain is only 

 six degrees and a half to the east of the 

 mouth of the Copper-Mine River, we sailed, 

 in tracing the deeply-indented coast, five 

 hundred and fifty-five geographic miles, 



