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nuits consumed much time in making their peculiar cautious ap- 

 proaches (elsewhere described), which are always necessary in 

 order to take these animals. Koodloo is a good sealer. Having 

 selected his game, he succeeded in crawling up to within thirteen 

 fathoms of the seal, and shot him in the head. In five minutes we 

 who were on the sledge arrived at the spot where our prize lay 

 by his hole, when a general dog-fight took place. 



The weight of fresh meat thus obtained being no less than 200 

 pounds, we found ourselves in the predicament of the man who 

 bought the elephant. What should we do with our seal ? Final- 

 ly, we fastened it behind the sledge, dragged it to a convenient 

 place, and cut it up ; took with us a part of the meat and blubber 

 for present use, and deposited the remainder en cache — that is, we 

 buried it under snow by the side of a hummock, and tarried a 

 while to have a raw seal-feast. 



In the evening, after our repast, we resumed our journey, pro- 

 ceeding at first in the direction of Dillon Mountain,* at the east 

 end of "Lok's Land,"f but changed our course at ten o'clock on 

 account of hummocks, and now proceeded due south toward Lup- 

 ton Channel.^ Some time after midnight we made our first en- 

 campment on the ice, and lay down to repose upon a couch of 

 snow. 



At 10 30 A.M. of June 6th we resumed our journey, and soon 

 after observed a seal upon the ice ; but, as we were to windward, 

 it scented us, and down it went. We were still among hum- 

 • mocks, and enveloped in fog. Before noon the fog lifted, and we 

 found ourselves in sight of land near Lupton Channel. We stop- 

 ped a while opposite the entrance to this channel for a seal which 



* This prominent and peaked mountain I have named in honor of a warm friend 

 of arctic explorations, J. D. Dillon, of London, England. It is in lat. 62° 32' N., and 

 long. 64° 12' W. 



f The land which I think I have identified as the one so named by Frobisher in 

 honor of Michael Lok, one of the earliest, warmest, and most liberal supporters of his 

 (Frobisher's) expeditions of 157G, '7, and '8. 



" Lok's Land" is an island on the east side of Bear Sound and Lupton Channel, 

 and extends easterly eighteen nautical miles ; its width is twelve miles. It is called 

 by the natives Ki-ki-tuk-ju-a, which means Long Island. The centre of "Lok's 

 Land" is in lat. 62° 29' N., long. 64° 28' W. (See Chart.) 



% I have named the channel uniting the waters of Field Bay to Bear Sound after 

 James Lupton, of Cincinnati, Ohio, one to whom the Young Men's Mercantile Asso- 

 ciation of said city owes a debt of gratitude for his great and untiring service in its 

 behalf. 



Lupton Channel (its north termination) is in lat. 62° 35' N., and long. 64° 38' W. 



